Callus

['kæləs]

Definition

(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'.

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Definition

(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.

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Definition

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.

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