noun
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hardheartedness
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another name for callus
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Etymology
Origin of callosity
1375–1425; late Middle English calosite < Late Latin callōsitās, equivalent to callōs ( us ) callous + -itās -ity
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There is Van Halen, named after a callosity shaped like a guitar.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 9, 2013
There is one on the Shameen bridge who has a callosity like a horn on his forehead, with which he strikes the pavement and produces an audible thump.
From The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird
They attributed the halting in the hind legs of a lamb to a callosity formed around the spinal cord.
From Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages by James Joseph Walsh
Besides causing the animal considerable pain, chafing, if long continued, leads to the formation of a callosity.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener
When the best possible results succeed treatment, a large callosity is formed and movement of the pastern joint is restricted.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by John Victor Lacroix
Marine experts will compare its genetic material and the patches of raised tissue on its head, known as callosities, against a vast library of genetic data from right whales.
From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2024
They developed a method of identifying individual whales in part by the raised and roughened patches, called callosities, growing in unique patterns on their skin.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 20, 2018
Both natural and unnatural markings are useful: propeller scars, but also callosities, patches of rough skin that are white because they are infested with cyamids, licelike parasites.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 9, 2013
Baboons have dog-like muzzles and large canine teeth, cheek pouches, a short tail, and naked callosities on the buttocks.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
Lip embracing the column below, with 2 callosities at base.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
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