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callus
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun callus has 3 senses
- callus(n = noun.state) callosity - an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot); Array is a kind of hardening
- callus(n = noun.state) Array - bony tissue formed during the healing of a fractured bone; Array has particulars: chestnut
- callus(n = noun.plant) Array - (botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchid; Array is a kind of enation, plant process
has particulars: clavus, corn
Derived forms verb callus2, verb callus1
is a kind of cicatrice, cicatrix, scar
Verb callus has 2 senses
- callus(v = verb.change) Array - cause a callus to form on; "The long march had callused his feet" is one way to harden, indurate
- callus(v = verb.change) Array - form a callus or calluses; "His foot callused" is one way to harden, indurate
Derived form noun callus1
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
Derived form noun callus1
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
OXFORD DICTIONARY
callus, n.
1 a hard thick area of skin or tissue.
2 a hard tissue formed round bone ends after a fracture.
3 Bot. a new protective tissue formed over a wound.
1 a hard thick area of skin or tissue.
2 a hard tissue formed round bone ends after a fracture.
3 Bot. a new protective tissue formed over a wound.
Etymology
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THESAURUS
callus
Philistinism, 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, proud flesh, rhinoceros hide, sarcoma, stoniness, thick skin, tumor, verruca, wart, wen
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