callus

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (General American, UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkæləs/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -æləs
• Homophone: callous

Noun

callus (countable and uncountable, plural calluses or calli)

1. A hardened area of the skin (especially on the foot or hand) caused by repeated friction, wear or use.
   • 2011, David Foster Wallace, The Pale King, page 17:

     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; 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. (botany) The new formation over the end of a cutting, before it puts out rootlets.
4. (botany) In orchids, a fleshy outgrowth from the labellum.
5. (botany) 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.
6. (entomology) A shining area on the frons of many species of Tabanomorpha (horse flies and relatives).

Derived terms

• callousy
• callused
• calluslike
• callusy
• subcallus

Related terms

• calliferous
• callous

Translations

hardened part of the skin — see also clavus,‎ corn

Arabic: جُسْأَة f (jusʔa) Gulf Arabic: فالول (fālūl) Armenian: կոշտուկ (hy) (koštuk) Azerbaijani: qabar (az), döyənək Bashkir: һөйәл (höyəl) Bulgarian: мазо́л (bg) m (mazól) Burmese: please add this translation if you can Catalan: call (ca), cal·lus (ca) m, durícia (ca) f, mula (ca) f Cebuano: lupak, kubal Chinese: Mandarin: 胼胝 (zh) (piánzhī), 老繭 / 老茧 (zh) (lǎojiǎn), 繭子 / 茧子 (zh) (jiǎnzi) Czech: mozol (cs) m Danish: hård hud, valk (da) Dutch: eelt (nl) n Esperanto: kaluso Finnish: känsä (fi), kovettuma French: cal (fr) m, durillon (fr) m, calus (fr) m Galician: amata f, calo (gl) m, talo (gl) m Gallurese: gaddu, incàddu Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: Schwiele (de) f, (skin) Hornhaut (de) f, (botany) Kallus (de) m Greek: κάλος (el) m (kálos), τύλωμα (el) n (týloma) Ancient: τύλη f (túlē) Hebrew: גרומת f (grómet), קלוס (he) m (kálus) Hungarian: bőrkeményedés (hu) Icelandic: sigg (is) n Ingrian: villi Italian: callo (it) m Japanese: 胼胝 (ja) (タコ, たこ, tako) Khmer: ក្រិន (km) (krən), ពកស្លា (pɔɔk slaa) Korean: please add this translation if you can Latin: callum n Macedonian: кла́вус m (klávus) Malay: belulang Maori: pātio Navajo: kébąąh ntłʼizgo dah naaznilígíí (on the foot), kébąąh ntłʼizgo daditánígíí (on the foot) Norwegian: Bokmål: træl m Nynorsk: træl m Occitan: bast (oc) m, barda (oc) f Old English: wearr m Ottoman Turkish: ناصور (nasır) Persian: پینه (fa) (pine), شغه (šoġe), کلخچ (fa) (kalaxč) Plautdietsch: Schwiel f Portuguese: calo (pt) m Quechua: khacha Romanian: bătătură (ro) Russian: мозо́ль (ru) m (mozólʹ) Sardinian: Campidanese: callu Logudorese: addu Sassarese: gaddu Serbo-Croatian: žulj (sh) m Sicilian: caḍḍu m Slovak: please add this translation if you can Spanish: callo (es) m, callosidad (es) f, dureza (es) f, duricia f Swedish: valk (sv) c Tagalog: lipak, kalyo Tarifit: areffix m Thai: ผิวหนังที่ด้านหนา (pĭw năng têe dâan năa) Turkish: nasır (tr) Ukrainian: мозо́ль m (mozólʹ) Vietnamese: chai (vi) Volapük: honaskin Welsh: caleden f

material of repair in fractures of bone

Finnish: uudisluu, kallus (fi) Malay: kalus​

botany: new formation over the end of a cutting

Arabic: الكالس النباتات Armenian: կալուս (hy) (kalus) Chinese: Mandarin: 癒傷組織 / 愈伤组织 (yùshāng zǔzhī) Finnish: haavasolukko, kallus (fi) German: Kallus (de) n Persian: پینه (fa) sg (pīne)

Verb

callus (third-person singular simple present calluses, present participle callusing, simple past and past participle callused)

1. (intransitive) To form such hardened tissue.

Translations

to form hardened tissue

Chinese: Mandarin: 長繭 / 长茧 (zhǎng jiǎn) Finnish: känsittyä German: verhornen (de) Italian: incallire Maori: pātio Ottoman Turkish: ناصورلانمق (nasırlanmak) Portuguese: calejar (pt), encalecer Turkish: nasırlanmak (tr)

Anagrams

• sulcal