Keloid in a sentence as a noun

Before I used accutane I had several acne spots turn into keloid scars which I have been treating over the last decade with corticosteroid injections.

These produce schisms between sections of the polity, and as these injuries heal, they form keloid plaques of bureaucracy which not only help seal the immediate breach but also help buffer the polity against future democratic spasm. Such proliferation of nonfunctional tissue is harmful to the organism in the long term, but from the individual point of view, life in a moderately senescent bureaucracy is often preferable to life in a young, agile, athletic democracy, simply because the former offers a vastly reduced likelihood of major upheaval.

Keloid definitions

noun

raised pinkish scar tissue at the site of an injury; results from excessive tissue repair

See also: cheloid