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Definitions for Callus

[1] Pathology , Physiology . a hardened or thickened part of the skin; a callosity. a new growth of osseous matter at the ends of a fractured bone, serving to unite them.
[2] Also callose. Botany . the tissue that forms over the wounds of plants, protecting the inner tissues and causing healing. a deposit on the perforated area of a sieve tube. (in grasses) a tough swelling at the base of a lemma or palea.
[3] to form a callus.
[4] to produce a callus or calluses on: Heavy work callused his hands.
[5] Also called: callosity an area of skin that is hard or thick, esp on the palm of the hand or sole of the foot, as from continual friction or pressure
[6] an area of bony tissue formed during the healing of a fractured bone
[7] botany a mass of hard protective tissue produced in woody plants at the site of an injury an accumulation of callose in the sieve tubes
[8] biotechnology a mass of undifferentiated cells produced as the first stage in tissue culture
[9] to produce or cause to produce a callus

Words related to Callus

conform, strengthen, stupefy, discipline, inure, develop, callous, acclimatize, adapt, habituate, stun, steel, embitter, season, train, numb, deaden, teach, dull, stiffen

Words nearby Callus

callosity, callot, callous, callow, calloway, callus, calm, calmative, calmette, calmodulin, calmy

Origin of Callus

1555–65; < Latin callus, masculine variant of callum; see callous

Words that may be confused with Callus

callous, callus

Other words from Callus

un·cal·lused , adjective

Word origin for Callus

C16: from Latin, variant of callum hardened skin

Synonyms for Callus

acclimate, acclimatize, adapt, adjust, blunt, brutalize, callous, coarsen, conform, deaden, develop, discipline, dull, embitter, habituate, indurate, inure, numb, paralyze, roughen, season, steel, stiffen, strengthen, stun, stupefy, teach, train, case-harden, climatize, make callous, render insensitive