keloid
C1CEFR level
75/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister
An overgrowth of dense fibrous scar tissue that extends beyond the boundaries of the original wound.
The ear-piercing site had developed a firm keloid that grew well beyond the original puncture.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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