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callus noun & verb. M16.
[Latin (more commonly callum).]
A. noun.
A thickened and hardened part of the skin or soft tissue, a callosity. M16.
E. Linklater Their noses were unremarkable, being small and without sufficient callus to give them a definite shape. fig.: O. W. Holmes Editors have..to develop enormous calluses at every point of contact with authorship.
Medicine. The bony healing tissue which forms around the ends of broken bone. L17.
Botany. A hard formation of tissue; new tissue formed over a wound. L19.
b. verb intrans. Form a callus, become hardened (over). Cf. CALLOUS verb. M19.
Also callum noun LME-L18.