The AI-powered English dictionary
plural calluses or calli
A hardened area of the skin (especially on the foot or hand) caused by repeated friction, wear or use. quotations examples
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-professionally
2011, David Foster Wallace, The Pale King, page 17
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. examples
(botany) The new formation over the end of a cutting, before it puts out rootlets. examples
(entomology) A shining area on the frons of many species of Tabanomorpha (horse flies and relatives).
third-person singular simple present calluses, present participle callusing, simple past and past participle callused
(intransitive) To form such hardened tissue. examples