Definitionn. an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction
Last update: July 20, 2015
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The foot may develop callus over sites that are taking extra pressure, eg from ill fitting footwear. [noun]
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The bones therefore remain permanently separated, union taking place by fibrous callus. [Please select]
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She'd buried them under the callus she'd grown around her emotions. [Please select]
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This dry skin is also more prone to callus formation under areas of pressure. [Please select]
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The tree responds with growing a protective callus formed of cork. [noun]
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Humeral bristles: in Diptera, are situated on the humeral callus. [Please select]
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Humeral callus: in Diptera, is a rounded callus forming the anterior superior angle of the mesothorax. [Please select]
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Post-alar callus: in Diptera, a rounded swelling between the root of the wing and the scutellum. [Please select]
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When the pelvic bones have been fractured repair takes place with the formation of a large permanent callus, which, projecting internally, may be a serious obstacle to calving. [Please select]
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It occasionally happens that this callus forms only at the ends of the bones, filling the spaces that exist between them, when it is known as the intermediate callus. [Please select]
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