Callus Definition

kăləs
calluses
noun
calluses
A localized thickening and enlargement of the horny layer of the skin.
American Heritage Medicine
The hard substance that forms at the break in a fractured bone and serves to reunite the parts.
Webster's New World
A hardened, thickened place on the skin.
Webster's New World
A disorganized mass of cells that develops over cuts or wounds on plants, as at the ends of stem or leaf cuttings.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb
calluses
To develop or cause to develop a callus.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Callus

Noun

Singular:
callus
Plural:
calli, calluses

Origin of Callus

  • Latin masculine of callum

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin callum.

    From Wiktionary

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