Callus Synonyms

kăləs
An area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. callosity

Words Related to Callus

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. hyperkeratosis
  2. bunion
  3. swelling
  4. pustule

Callus Sentence Examples

  • She'd buried them under the callus she'd grown around her emotions.

  • When not too thick callus protects the skin from further damage.

  • The foot may develop callus over sites that are taking extra pressure, eg from ill fitting footwear.

  • In the case of the more delicate plants, the formation of roots is preceded by the production from the cambium of the cuttings of a succulent mass of tissue, the callus.

  • In Nereocystis and Macrocystis a zone of tubes occurs, which present the appearance of sieve-tubes even to the eventual obliteration of the perforations by a callus.

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