It gave her otherwise plain face a broken excitement and blue-blade threat like the keloid scar of the razored man who sometimes played checkers with her grandmother.
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Keloid
/[ˈkiː.lɔɪd]/
Synonyms for "keloid" (50 found)
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Noun(4 words)
Related words (25)
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4 entrieschest keloidearlobe keloidfacial keloidshoulder keloid
Collocations
6 entrieskeloid formationkeloid managementkeloid recurrencekeloid scarkeloid tissuekeloid treatment
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2 total sentences available.
The scar on his neck from running through that plate glass on one of our licks has keloided smooth and shiny.
Source: wiktionary