callosity

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Abbreviations: ic = ischial callosity, lm = left manus, lp = left pes, rm = right manus, rp = right pes, td = tail drag marks.

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  1. noun The condition of being calloused.
  2. noun Hardheartedness; insensitivity.
  3. noun See callus.

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  • The resting trace includes symmetrical pes impressions and well-defined impressions made by both hands, the tail, and the ischial callosity. —  ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science
  • T1 to scale with A: first resting traces (manus, pes, and ischial callosity) in red, second (shuffling, pes only) traces in gold, final resting traces (pes and ischial callosity) in green, and tail drag marks made as track maker moved off in blue. —  ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science
  • Abbreviations: ic = ischial callosity, lm = left manus, lp = left pes, rm = right manus, rp = right pes, td = tail drag marks. —  ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science
  • You can repeat compress from aloe some times, till callosity will be off. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • A bursa may form beneath a callosity, and if it becomes inflamed may cause considerable suffering; if suppuration ensues, a sinus may form, resembling a perforating ulcer of the foot The treatment of callosities on the foot consists in removing pressure by wearing properly fitting boots, and in applying a ring pad around the callosity; another method is to fit a sock of spongiopilene with a hole cut out opposite the callosity. —  Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition.
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  1. Middle English callosite, from Old French, from Late Latin callōsitās, from Latin callōsus, callous; see callous.

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  1. = French callosité = Spanish callosidad = Portuguese callosidade = Italian callosità, from Latin calltosita (t-)s, from callosus, callous: see cullous.
 

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