noun
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hardheartedness
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another name for callus
Etymology
Origin of callosity
1375–1425; late Middle English calosite < Late Latin callōsitās, equivalent to callōs ( us ) callous + -itās -ity
Example Sentences
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Callosity: a thick swollen lump, harder than its surroundings: = callous: also a rather flattened elevation not necessarily harder than the surrounding tissue.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
PHYSICIANS' TREATMENT, for Callosity or Callositas.—Remove the cause of the horny masses.
From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson
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