callosity
a callous condition.
Botany. a hardened or thickened part of a plant.
Pathology. callus (def. 1a).
Origin of callosity
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How to use callosity in a sentence
On the knee is a callosity, or round patch of bare hardened skin.
Unexplored Spain | Abel ChapmanA large callosity forms on the shoulders of the regular Unyamwesi porters, from the heavy weights laid on them.
They are distinguished from other genera of the family by their lenticular form and the orbicular callosity of the under surface.
A Conchological Manual | George Brettingham SowerbyThis genus is distinguished from Natica, by the width of the aperture, and the absence of the umbilical callosity.
A Conchological Manual | George Brettingham SowerbyA sense of honour without callosity is never blunted for such attacks.
Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) | Thomas Carlyle
British Dictionary definitions for callosity
/ (kəˈlɒsɪtɪ) /
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