Callus

What do we mean by callus?

A localized thickening and enlargement of the horny layer of the skin. noun

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

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

The hardened, sometimes sharp base of the spikelet of certain grasses. noun

To form or develop such hardened tissue. intransitive verb

In anatomy: Hard skin; a callosity noun

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

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. noun

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

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

Same as callosity noun

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. noun

The new formation over the end of a cutting, before it puts out rootlets. noun

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

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. noun

The new formation over the end of a cutting, before it puts out rootlets. noun

To form such hardened tissue verb

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

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.

The new formation over the end of a cutting, before it puts out rootlets.

A shining area on the frons of many species of Tabanomorpha (horse flies and relatives).

Words that are spelled similarly to callus:
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Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word callus:
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Words that rhyme with callus:
callous, malice, palace, chalice, alice, borealis, phallus, dallas, gallus, braless, digitalis, calice, thallus, daedalus, pallas, aurora borealis, prothallus, balas, calices, salus, gallus gallus, valis, fallis, thallous, corvallis, ballasts, picture palace, chalices, vallis, dalis, corona borealis, kalis, callis, cancer borealis, sallis, vatican palace, dance palace, rallis, vena digitalis, genus digitalis, genus gallus, lanius borealis, mallis, galus, kallis, maryalice, callace, ilalis, kallus, kalous, kansallis, shall hiss, shall us.

Adjectives that are often used to describe callus:
external, bony, provisional, periosteal, embryogenic, thick, thin, soft, parietal, internal, exuberant, primary, large, hard, excessive, white, humeral, abundant, friable, endosteal, derived, heavy, fibrous, basal, cartilaginous, fracture, early, definitive, frontal, painful, excess, fibrocartilaginous, intermediate, lower, umbilical, secondary, columellar, median, green, permanent, strong, hyperplastic, haploid, medullary, undifferentiated, sufficient, compact, hypertrophic, temporary, osseous, visible, prominent, mature, bridging, yellow, extensive, adequate, calcified, peripheral, postalar, regenerable, brown, massive, subperiosteal, immature, subcultured, ovular, excised, smooth, plantar, narrow, slight, nodular, dense, posterior, healthy, moderate, marginal, firm, apical, distinct, transgenic, resistant, solid, broad, minimal, nucellar.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective callus:
formation, culture, distraction, initiation, tissue, growth, induction, removal, material, present, medium, length, cartilage, cultures, healing, mass, regeneration, wood, calcification, encasement, fig, fracture, differentiation, phloem, irritation, sap, proliferation, increases.

Consonant match to callus:
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Words that sound like callus:
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