Callus

['kæləs]

解释:

(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'.

弗雷达录入--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) Same as Callosity

(n.) The material of repair in fractures of bone; a substance exuded at the site of fracture, which is at first soft or cartilaginous in consistence, but is ultimately converted into true bone and unites the fragments into a single piece.

(n.) The new formation over the end of a cutting, before it puts out rootlets.

艾迪整理

解释:

n. a thickening of the skin: a term employed in old surgical works for the exuded material by which fractures of bones are consolidated together.

阿伊达整理