1.
[syn: callosity, callus]
2. bony tissue formed during the healing of a fractured bone;
3. (botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchid;
VERB (2)
1. cause a callus to form on;
- Example: "The long march had callused his feet"
2. form a callus or calluses;
- Example: "His foot callused"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Callus \Cal"lus\ (k[a^]l"l[u^]s), n. [L. See Callous.]
1. (Med.)
(a) Same as Callosity.
(b) 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.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Hort.) The new formation over the end of a cutting,
before it puts out rootlets.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
callus
n 1: an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual
pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot) [syn:
callosity, callus]
2: bony tissue formed during the healing of a fractured bone
3: (botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff
protuberance on the lip of an orchid
v 1: cause a callus to form on; "The long march had callused his
feet"
2: form a callus or calluses; "His foot callused"