callus
verbEtymology Borrowed from Latin callum (“hard skin”). Displaced Old English wearr.
1
To form such hardened tissue.
callus
nounUS, UK /ˈkæləs/
Etymology Borrowed from Latin callum (“hard skin”). Displaced Old English wearr.
1
A hardened area of the skin (especially on the foot or hand) caused by repeated friction, wear or use.
- Sylvanshine had once been on a first date with a Xerox rep who had complex and slightly repulsive patterns of callus on her fingers from playing the banjo semi-professionally2011, David Foster Wallace, The Pale King, page 17:
2
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.
6
Biology, Entomology, Natural sciences A shining area on the frons of many species of Tabanomorpha (horse flies and relatives).
- Derived terms
- callousy, callused, calluslike, callusy, subcallus
- Related terms
- calliferous, callous