Word: keloidosis
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ke
loi
do
sis
Definition: The presence or occurrence of keloids; raised pinkish scar tissue at the site of an injury; results from excessive tissue repair
Morphemes:
Affix: keloid
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A hard raised growth of scar tissue at the site of an injury.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: χηλή
Language: grc
Decoded: khele
Meaning: hoof
Affix: -osis
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: functional disease or condition such as hepatosis
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -όω
Language: grc
Decoded: -oo
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to a noun or adjective to make a verb with a causative or factitive meaning: to make someone do or be something.
Affix: -σις
Language: grc
Decoded: -sis
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to verb stems to form abstract nouns or nouns of action, result or process