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callosity

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Noun
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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun callosity has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

callosityn. [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.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

callosity, n. (pl. -ies) a hard thick area of skin usu. occurring in parts of the body subject to pressure or friction.

Etymology
F callosit{eacute} or L callositas (as CALLOUS)

ROGET THESAURUS

callosity

Hardness

N hardness, rigidity, renitence, renitency, inflexibility, temper, callosity, durity, induration, petrifaction, lapidification, lapidescence, vitrification, ossification, crystallization, stone, pebble, flint, marble, rock, fossil, crag, crystal, quartz, granite, adamant, bone, cartilage, hardware, heart of oak, block, board, deal board, iron, steel, cast iron, decarbonized iron, wrought iron, nail, brick, concrete, cement, hard, rigid, stubborn, stiff, firm, starch, starched, stark, unbending, unlimber, unyielding, inflexible, tense, indurate, indurated, gritty, proof, adamant, adamantine, adamantean, concrete, stony, granitic, calculous, lithic, vitreous, horny, corneous, bony, osseous, ossific, cartilaginous, hard as a rock, stiff as buckram, stiff as a poker, stiff as starch, stiff as as board.

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