A spelling bee word.

ke[loid 7kc4l.d#8
n.
5Fr k=lo:de, ch=lo:de Gr chclc, crab‘s claw (see CHELA) + 3oeidcs, 3OID6 an excessive growth of scar tissue on the skin
ke[loi4dal
adj.

Easy spelling word. Can't imagine spelling it any other way. I could, but the choices wouldn't look right.

Dictionary also gives cheloid. Wonder if judges would accept both.

Now that you've put it up, cheloid looks even better than keloid. Did you try keylloyd?

Of course, but there was nobody home.

The chemical process of trapping heavy metal ions by glomming onto them and surrounding them by different molecules is called (and spelled) "chelation."

How was the original "crab claw" spelled in Greek? Kappa or chi?