About The Word Callus
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Callus
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What's The Definition Of Callus?
[n] (botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchid
[n] bony tissue formed during the healing of a fractured bone [n] an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot) [v] form a callus or calluses; "His foot callused" [v] cause a callus to form on; "The long march had callused his feet" Synonyms | Synonyms for Callus: callosity Related Terms | Find terms related to Callus: armor | benign tumor | callosity | callousness | cancer | carcinoma | corn | cyst | excrescence | flintiness | formidable defenses | fungosity | fungus | growth | hard heart | hard shell | hardenedness | hardheartedness | hardness | hardness of heart | heart of stone | imperviousness | induration | insensitiveness | insensitivity | intumescence | inuredness | malignant growth | metastatic tumor | mole | morbid growth | neoplasm | nevus | nonmalignant tumor | obduracy | obdurateness | outgrowth | Philistinism | proud flesh | rhinoceros hide | sarcoma | stoniness | thick skin | tumor | verruca | wart | wen See Also | chestnut | cicatrice | cicatrix | clavus | corn | enation | harden | hardening | indurate | plant process | scar Callus In Webster's Dictionary \Cal"lus\, n. [L. See {Callous}.]
1. (Med.)
(a) Same as {Callosity}.
(b The material of repair in fractures of bone; a
substance exuded at the site of fracture, which is at
first soft or cartilaginous in consistence, but is
ultimately converted into true bone and unites the
fragments into a single piece.
2. (Hort.) The new formation over the end of a cutting,
before it puts out rootlets.
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