Callus : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Callus	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Callus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
callus n an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot) Synonym(s): callosity, callus bony tissue formed during the healing of a fractured bone (botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchid v cause a callus to form on; "The long march had callused his feet" form a callus or calluses; "His foot callused"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Callus \Cal"lus\, n. [L. See {Callous}.] 1. (Med.) (a) Same as {Callosity}. (b 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. 2. (Hort.) The new formation over the end of a cutting, before it puts out rootlets.