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callus
[ kal-uhs ]
noun
- Pathology, Physiology.
- a hardened or thickened part of the skin; a callosity.
- a new growth of osseous matter at the ends of a fractured bone, serving to unite them.
- the tissue that forms over the wounds of plants, protecting the inner tissues and causing healing.
- a deposit on the perforated area of a sieve tube.
- (in grasses) a tough swelling at the base of a lemma or palea.
verb (used without object)
- to form a callus.
verb (used with object)
- to produce a callus or calluses on:
Heavy work callused his hands.
callus
/ ˈkæləs /
noun
- Also calledcallosity an area of skin that is hard or thick, esp on the palm of the hand or sole of the foot, as from continual friction or pressure
- an area of bony tissue formed during the healing of a fractured bone
- botany
- a mass of hard protective tissue produced in woody plants at the site of an injury
- an accumulation of callose in the sieve tubes
- biotechnology a mass of undifferentiated cells produced as the first stage in tissue culture
verb
- to produce or cause to produce a callus
callus
/ kăl′əs /
- An area of the skin that has become hardened and thick, usually because of prolonged pressure or rubbing.
- The hard bony tissue that develops around the ends of a fractured bone during healing.
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- un·callused adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Origin of callus1
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Example Sentences
She had earned some of the same rewards as the three Olympians — the calluses.
In some ways the foot would become the shoe needed to make it through daily life because the body has the ability to build up calluses at the bottom of the foot.
The things that really hurt are gravel, knobbly things, things with a lot of texture, until you have calluses.
Instead of futilely trying to stay smooth, eventually it will develop calluses so it can better meet the challenge.
As Otto and I take our first cautious steps into the world together, I wish I could keep our bubble wrapped around us, grow calluses and not care when people stare, become impenetrable.
This callus may form upon any cut surface, or even where the bark has been abraded.
You can get the callus almost every time, but it is very difficult to secure the development of roots afterwards.
President Morris: How about getting callus by three months, we will say, in storage?
On January 11 the cambium ring at the lower end of the cuttings had begun to callus.
The butternut and black walnut hardly showed any callus at all after keeping the sphagnum wet as long as my men would do it.
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