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callus
[kal-uhs]
noun
plural
callusesPathology, Physiology.
a hardened or thickened part of the skin; a callosity.
a new growth of osseous matter at the ends of a fractured bone, serving to unite them.
Botany.Also
the tissue that forms over the wounds of plants, protecting the inner tissues and causing healing.
a deposit on the perforated area of a sieve tube.
(in grasses) a tough swelling at the base of a lemma or palea.
verb (used without object)
to form a callus.
verb (used with object)
to produce a callus or calluses on.
Heavy work callused his hands.
callus
/ ˈæə /
noun
Also called: callosity.an area of skin that is hard or thick, esp on the palm of the hand or sole of the foot, as from continual friction or pressure
an area of bony tissue formed during the healing of a fractured bone
botany
a mass of hard protective tissue produced in woody plants at the site of an injury
an accumulation of callose in the sieve tubes
biotechnology a mass of undifferentiated cells produced as the first stage in tissue culture
verb
to produce or cause to produce a callus
callus
An area of the skin that has become hardened and thick, usually because of prolonged pressure or rubbing.
The hard bony tissue that develops around the ends of a fractured bone during healing.
Other Word Forms
- uncallused adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of callus1
Example Sentences
Her hand had been rough with calluses around my wrist, and she wore the clothing of a man.
“I want to build up a callus of hard work,” Fisch said.
I remembered how her hands felt in mine, warm, deeply lined, callused from a lifetime of hard work.
“There’s a little bit of calluses built up where the rib was broken. But it’s mostly comfortable now, nothing too crazy.”
Eventually, that callus cracks and you almost get drowned in a flood of emotion, which is sort of my last few years.
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