callus

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Without it the continuity between the fragments will be by a deformed callus, the union will leave a shortened, crooked, or angular limb, and the animal will be disabled.

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  1. noun A localized thickening and enlargement of the horny layer of the skin. Also called callosity.
  2. noun The hard bony tissue that develops around the ends of a fractured bone during healing.
  3. noun Botany Undifferentiated tissue that develops on or around an injured or cut plant surface or in tissue culture.
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  • Abelard had been in her apartment for a week when Susannah noticed a callus, a small rough patch on its surface. —  F ;SF - vol 089 issue 02 - August 1995
  • No one here had ever before developed a callus, though Corrine had once had a humongous blister after a strenuous tennis session. —  EQMM,March-April2008
  • "Even a simple callus or blister in a diabetic patient is likely to become infected and can result in necrosis, and result in the need for amputation," she says. —  The Herald | HeraldOnline.com - Front
  • When you get a little sweaty, calluses get a little soft, and it's almost like a rip, a cut on my toe where that callus is. —  Brattleboro Reformer Most Emailed
  • The wound will develop a scab known as a callus, which seals it off to disease and further moisture loss. —  ScrippsNews - current events, culture, commentary, community
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  1. Latin, masculine of callum.

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  1. Latin, also Callum, hard skin: see callous and callid.
 

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