CALLUSED

Verb

callused

simple past tense and past participle of callus

Adjective

callused (comparative more callused, superlative most callused)

Having calluses.

Anagrams

• Caudells

Source: Wiktionary


CALLUS

Cal"lus, n. Etym: [L. See Callous.]

1. (Med.) (a) Same as Callosity. (b

Definition: 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.)

Definition: The new formation over the end of a cutting, before it puts out rootlets.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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