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CALLUS
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Irregular inflected form: calli
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchid
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("callus" is a kind of...):
enation; plant process (a natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ)
Domain category:
botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Bony tissue formed during the healing of a fractured bone
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("callus" is a kind of...):
cicatrice; cicatrix; scar (a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "callus"):
chestnut (a small horny callus on the inner surface of a horse's leg)
Sense 3
Meaning:
An area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot)
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("callus" is a kind of...):
hardening (abnormal hardening or thickening of tissue)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "callus"):
clavus; corn (a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes)
Derivation:
callus (form a callus or calluses)
callus (cause a callus to form on)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they callus ... he / she / it calluses
Past simple: callused
Past participle: callused
-ing form: callusing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Form a callus or calluses
Example:
His foot callused
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "callus" is one way to...):
harden; indurate (become hard or harder)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
callus (an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Cause a callus to form on
Example:
The long march had callused his feet
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "callus" is one way to...):
harden; indurate (make hard or harder)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Derivation:
callus (an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot))
Context examples:
While bathing, gently rub the corn or callus with a washcloth or pumice stone to help reduce the size.
(Corns and Calluses, NIH: National Institute on Aging)
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