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callus
[ kal-uhs ]
noun
plural calluses.
- 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)
callused, callusing.
- to form a callus.
verb (used with object)
callused, callusing.
- to produce a callus or calluses on:
Heavy work callused his hands.
callus
/ ˈæə /
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
/ ă′ə /
- 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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51Թ History and Origins
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of callus1
C16: from Latin, variant of callum hardened skin
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Her hand had been rough with calluses around my wrist, and she wore the clothing of a man.
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“I want to build up a callus of hard work,” Fisch said.
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I remembered how her hands felt in mine, warm, deeply lined, callused from a lifetime of hard work.
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“There’s a little bit of calluses built up where the rib was broken. But it’s mostly comfortable now, nothing too crazy.”
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Eventually, that callus cracks and you almost get drowned in a flood of emotion, which is sort of my last few years.
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