'Callus' definitions:
Definition of 'callus'
(from WordNet)
noun
An area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot) [syn: callosity, callus]
noun
Bony tissue formed during the healing of a fractured bone
noun
(botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchid
verb
Cause a callus to form on; "The long march had callused his feet"
verb
Form a callus or calluses; "His foot callused"
Definition of 'Callus'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'callus'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- armor,
- benign tumor,
- callosity,
- callousness,
- cancer,
- carcinoma,
- corn,
- cyst,
- excrescence,
- flintiness,
- formidable defenses,
- fungosity,
- fungus,
- growth,
- hard heart,
- hard shell,
- hardenedness,
- hardheartedness,
- hardness,
- hardness of heart,
- heart of stone,
- imperviousness,
- induration,
- insensitiveness,
- insensitivity,
- intumescence,
- inuredness,
- malignant growth,
- metastatic tumor,
- mole,
- morbid growth,
- neoplasm,
- nevus,
- nonmalignant tumor,
- obduracy,
- obdurateness,
- outgrowth,
- Philistinism,
- proud flesh,
- rhinoceros hide,
- sarcoma,
- stoniness,
- thick skin,
- tumor,
- verruca,
- wart,
- wen