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callus

3 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) callus (noun)
  2. 2) callus (verb)
  3. definitive callus (noun)

1cal·lus

noun \ˈka-ləs\

Definition of CALLUS

1
: a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark
2
: a mass of exudate and connective tissue that forms around a break in a bone and is converted into bone in healing
3
: soft tissue that forms over a wounded or cut plant surface
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Origin of CALLUS

Latin
First Known Use: 1563

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Rhymes with CALLUS

balas, callous, chalice, gallus, malice, palace, Pallas, phallus, thallus

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