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Callosity: a thick swollen lump, harder than its surroundings: = callous: also a rather flattened elevation not necessarily harder than the surrounding tissue.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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(_Synonyms: _ Tylosis; Tyloma; Callus; Callous; Callosity; Keratoma.) #What do you understand by callositas?
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine Henry Weightman Stelwagon 1886
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Callosity is "A circumscribed thickening of the keratin layer of the epidermis as a result of repeated friction or intermittent pressure."
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