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Callus Definition And Meaning
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.

Callus Definition And Meaning

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

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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