Callus

noun
'kæləs

Noun

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

    Similar:Callosity
    Type of:Hardening
  • bony tissue formed during the healing of a fractured bone

    Type of:CicatrixCicatriceScar
  • (botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchid

    Type of:Enation

Verb

  • cause a callus to form on

    The long march had callused his feet

    Type of:HardenIndurate
  • form a callus or calluses

    His foot callused

    Type of:HardenIndurate

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Similar Words

  • Callosity