callosity

[ kuh-los-i-tee ]

/ kəˈlɒs ɪ ti /

noun, plural cal·los·i·ties.

a callous condition.

Botany. a hardened or thickened part of a plant.

Pathology. callus(def 1a).

Nearby words

callithump, callop, callosal, callosal gyrus, callose, callosity, callot, callous, callow, calloway, callus

Origin of callosity

1375–1425; late Middle English calosite < Late Latin callōsitās, equivalent to callōs(us) callous + -itās -ity

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Examples from the Web for callosity

A callosity is a circumscribed thickening of the stratum cornium.
Surgery, with Special Reference to Podiatry|Maximilian Stern
On the knee is a callosity, or round patch of bare hardened skin.
Unexplored Spain|Abel Chapman
He wonders why a bare patch, and not a callosity, should not result from this innate, apparently hereditary habit.
The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877|Various
To a youth afflicted with the callosity of sentiment, this quaint and pregnant saying appeared merely base.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 9|Robert Louis Stevenson

A callosity forms and suppuration occurs under it, the pus escaping through a small hole in the centre.
Manual of Surgery|Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles

British Dictionary definitions for callosity

callosity

/ (kəˈlɒsɪtɪ) /

noun plural -ties

hardheartedness

another name for callus (def. 1)

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Medicine definitions for callosity

callosity

[ kə-lŏs′ĭ-tē ]

n.

A localized thickening and enlargement of the horny layer of the skin.callus keratoma poroma tyloma