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callus

noun
/ˈkæləs/US

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin callum (“hard skin”). Displaced Old English wearr.

  1. borrowed from callum — “hard skin”

Definitions

  1. A hardened area of the skin (especially on the foot or hand) caused by repeated friction,…

    A hardened area of the skin (especially on the foot or hand) caused by repeated friction, wear or use.

    • Sylvanshine had once been on a first date with a Xerox rep who had complex and slightly repulsive patterns of callus on her fingers from playing the banjo semi-professionally

  2. The material of repair in fractures of bone

    The material of repair in fractures of bone; a substance exuded at the site of fracture, which is at first soft or cartilaginous in consistency, but is ultimately converted into true bone and unites the fragments into a single piece.

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

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. In orchids, a fleshy outgrowth from the labellum.

    2. In grasses, a hardened extension from the base of a floret, which may or may not elongate…

      In grasses, a hardened extension from the base of a floret, which may or may not elongate and is often covered in hairs or bristles.

    3. A shining area on the frons of many species of Tabanomorpha (horse flies and relatives).

    4. To form such hardened tissue.

The neighborhood

Derived

callousy, callused, calluslike, callusy, subcallus

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at callus. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at callus. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at callus

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA