calluses

Variant of callus

callus definition

cal·lus (kal′əs)

noun pl. calluses -·luses

  1. a hardened, thickened place on the skin
  2. the hard substance that forms at the break in a fractured bone and serves to reunite the parts
  3. a disorganized mass of cells that develops over cuts or wounds on plants, as at the ends of stem or leaf cuttings

Etymology: L, var. of callum, hard skin

intransitive verb, transitive verb

to develop or cause to develop a callus

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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