keloid maybe?? nm

Posted By: typinlikemad on 2007-09-29
In Reply to: s/l kelted skin - bettyrice

Subject: keloid maybe?? nm

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s/l kelted skin - bettyrice
- English word, kilted, means sm - ME
- If on the face, could be Celtic - pale with ruddy cheeks, easily - sunburned. NM
  - Celtic is it. Thanks. He also pronounces kephalad... - bettyrice
  - I'd go with this post, Celtic....they usually say - Fitzpatrick type I, II, III, IV, V - etc.....sm
- keloid maybe?? nm - typinlikemad
  - "she has s/l keltic skin. -- I just so want to write in "hell thick skin" - bettyrice
    - That is almost - Hey
      - I almost wrote that too but there's an "ic" there, so must be Celtic. nm - bettyrice

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The aspiration biopsy showed abundant s/l kiloid. I have always heard this as sounding like key-loid but the doctor is definitely say "ki"loid. Is there a difference?

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Might be -- thanks much!!!

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cheloid or keloid
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Thanks, I'm going to stick with keloid.
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I've got one that says "debrideMONT" instead of debridement. Sometimes they just like to sound all fancy dancy, I swear.

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Cheloid is a variant of the word keloid, but it is
Subject: Cheloid is a variant of the word keloid, but it is

the word keloid.

a thick scar resulting from excessive growth of fibrous tissue and occurring especially after burns or radiation injury

I believe either word is acceptable, but 'keloid' is the more common spelling.

keloid always for scar tissue. see def of cheilo etc. sm
Subject: keloid always for scar tissue. see def of cheilo etc. sm

keloid

kTcloyd

A nodular, firm, movable, nonencapsulated, often linear mass of hyperplastic scar tissue, tender and frequently painful, consisting of wide irregularly distributed bands of collagen; occurs in the dermis and adjacent subcutaneous tissue, usually after trauma, surgery, a burn, or severe cutaneous disease such as cystic acne, and is more common in blacks. Syn: cheloid.

cheilo-, cheil-

Lips. See Also: chilo-, labio-.

Origin

[G. cheilos, lip]

as in cheilosis

cheilosis, chilosis

kU-lbcsis

A condition characterized by dry scaling and fissuring of the lips, attributed by some to riboflavin and other nutritional deficiencies. See Also: cheilitis.

Origin

[cheil- + G. -osis, condition]

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