Callus: alternatives and connections

The edible nut of a forest tree (Castanea vesca) of Europe and America. Commonly two or more of the nuts grow in a prickly bur.

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A callous growth, esp. one the foot; a corn.

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A thickening of the epidermis at some point, esp. on the toes, by friction or pressure. It is usually painful and troublesome.

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A cicatrix.

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The pellicle which forms over a wound or breach of continuity and completes the process of healing in the latter, and which subsequently contracts an…

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Any unusual outgrowth from the surface of a thing, as of a petal; also, the capacity or act of producing such an outgrowth.

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To make hard or harder; to make firm or compact; to indurate; as, to harden clay or iron.

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of Harden

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Hardened; not soft; indurated.

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A mark in the skin or flesh of an animal, made by a wound or ulcer, and remaining after the wound or ulcer is healed; a cicatrix; a mark left by a pr…

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A hard or thickened spot or protuberance; a hardening and thickening of the skin or bark of a part, eps. as a result of continued pressure or frictio…

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