queloide
Portuguese, noun/keˈlɔj.d͡ʒi/
queloide is spelled Q-U-E-L-O-I-D-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 98,532nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Queloide is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “keloid (hard, raised growth of scar tissue)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “porção de pele que se apresenta saliente, rosada, avermelhada ou escura e às vezes brilhante devido a um…”.
What does queloide mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinekeloid (hard, raised growth of scar tissue)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. porção de pele que se apresenta saliente, rosada, avermelhada ou escura e às vezes brilhante devido a um processo de cicatrização
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of queloide
- queloides plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce queloide?
- Brazil /keˈlɔj.d͡ʒi/
- Brazil [keˈlɔɪ̯.d͡ʒi]
- Portugal /kɨˈlɔj.dɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to queloide
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is queloide in Portuguese?
queloide appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).