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callus Noun

— A callus is an area of dry, hardened skin. A carpenter gets calluses on his hands from using a hammer all the time. That callus on your heel can be softened with hand lotion.

callus

— noun (botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchid

— noun bony tissue formed during the healing of a fractured bone

— verb form a callus or calluses His foot callused

— verb cause a callus to form on The long march had callused his feet

— noun (= callosity) an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot)

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corn

callosity

blister

wart

tyle

wound tissue

weal

welt

wale

tylosis

skin

osteotylus

induration

horny skin

draught

dermis

clavus

chap

calluses

callous

callositas

bunion

bleb

animal epidermis

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Skin

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