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Webster 1913 Edition


Callosity

Cal-los′i-ty

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Callosities
(#)
.
[L.
callasitas
; cf. F.
calosté
.]
A hard or thickened spot or protuberance; a hardening and thickening of the skin or bark of a part, eps. as a result of continued pressure or friction.

Webster 1828 Edition


Callosity

CALLOSITY

,
Adj.
Hardness, or bony hardness; the hardness of the cicatrix of ulcers.

Definition 2024


callosity

callosity

English

Noun

callosity (countable and uncountable, plural callosities)

  1. (countable) A callus
  2. (uncountable) A callous demeanour; insensitivity or hardheartedness

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