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n. A localized thickening and enlargement of the horny layer of the skin. Also called callosity.

n. The hard bony tissue that develops around the ends of a fractured bone during healing.

n. Botany Undifferentiated tissue that develops on or around an injured or cut plant surface or in tissue culture.

n. Botany The hardened, sometimes sharp base of the floret of certain grasses.

verb-intransitive. To form or develop such hardened tissue. See Usage Note at callous.

n. A hardened area of the skin (especially on the foot or hand) caused by repeated friction, wear or use.

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 consistency, 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.

v. To form such hardened tissue

n.

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.

n. In anatomy: Hard skin; a callosity

n. A new growth of osseous tissue between and around the extremities of fractured bones, serving to unite them.

n. In botany, any unusually hard excrescence upon a plant; also, the thickening of the substance of the perforated septa between sieve-cells, and the close cellular structure which is formed over wounds, by which the inner tissues are protected and healing is effected.

n. In horticulture, the cap or thickening formed over the end of a cutting before it sends forth rootlets.

n. In conchology, a callosity or indurated thickening of a shell by the deposit of some hard substance different from the rest of the shell.

n. an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot)

n. bony tissue formed during the healing of a fractured bone

n. (botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchid

v. cause a callus to form on

v. form a callus or calluses

"The _spikes_ are solitary, 1 to 1-3/4 inch long exserted far above the small spathiform leaf-sheaths, peduncles are capillary and scaberulous, pedicels and joints are somewhat flattened, and have along both the narrow margins long, white, ascending hairs; callus is short with a ring of short white hairs."

callused    calluses    callusing   

plant process    enation    harden    indurate   

temporary callus    permanent callus   

Calli    callosity   

Alice    Daedalus    Dallas    Palace    Pallas    balas    ballasts    callous    digitalis    gallus   

toenail    three-ring    half-healed    poultice