callosity

American  

[kuh-los-i-tee] / kəˈlɒs ɪ ti /

noun

plural

callosities

1. a callous condition.

2. Botany. a hardened or thickened part of a plant.

3. Pathology. callus.

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callosity British  

/ kəˈlɒsɪtɪ /

noun

1. hardheartedness

2. 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

Example Sentences

There is Van Halen, named after a callosity shaped like a guitar.

From Scientific American • Aug. 9, 2013

Ordinarily a corn has the appearance of a small callosity; the skin is thickened, polished and horny.

From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman

He wonders why a bare patch, and not a callosity, should not result from this innate, apparently hereditary habit.

From The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 by Various

A large callosity forms on the shoulders of the regular Unyamwesi porters, from the heavy weights laid on them.

From The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 by Waller, Horace

Swift omitted no opportunity of humbling his pride; but, as he was as ignorant as insolent, he was obliged to accommodate the coarseness of the lash to the callosity of the back.

From Irish Wit and Humor Anecdote Biography of Swift, Curran, O'Leary and O'Connell by Anonymous