callosity

[ kuh-los-i-tee ]

/ kəˈlɒs ɪ ti /

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noun, plural cal·los·i·ties.

a callous condition.

Botany. a hardened or thickened part of a plant.

Pathology. callus (def. 1a).

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Origin of callosity

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

Words nearby callosity

call on the carpet, callop, callosal, callosal gyrus, callose, callosity, Callot, callous, callousness, callout, callow

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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 Chapman
A large callosity forms on the shoulders of the regular Unyamwesi porters, from the heavy weights laid on them.
The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868|David Livingstone
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 Sowerby
This genus is distinguished from Natica, by the width of the aperture, and the absence of the umbilical callosity.
A Conchological Manual|George Brettingham Sowerby

A 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

callosity

/ (kəˈlɒsɪtɪ) /

noun plural -ties

hardheartedness

another name for callus (def. 1)

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Medical definitions for callosity

callosity

[ kə-lŏs′ĭ-tē ]

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