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callous (KAL uhs) (adjective)
1. Not feeling or showing any concern about the problems or suffering of other people: Damon made a callous remark about those who were injured in the accident.
2. Emotionally hardened; unfeeling: Marlene had a callous indifference for the suffering of her sick neighbor.
callus (KAL uhs) (noun)
A hard, thickened place on the skin; especially, on the hands and feet: Preston had a painful callus on each of his feet from walking so much.

Rudy's impatient attitude was callous towards his friend who had a painful callus on his toe.

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callus
1. A localized firm thickening of the upper layer of skin as a result of repetitive friction or pressure.

A callus on the skin of the foot has become thick and hard from rubbing (as a result of repetitive friction). Calluses of the feet may lead to other problems such as serious infections. Shoes that fit well can keep calluses from forming on the feet.

2. The hard new bone substance, or mass of fibrous tissue, calcium, cartilage, and bone that forms progressively during the healing of a bone fracture.

Bony callus is part of the bone repair process.

3. Plant tissue that forms at the site of a wound, or that develops during tissue culture of plant parts, giving rise to new plantlets.
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tyl-, tylo-
(Greek: a knob; callus, callous, callosity)
callus-, callous- +
(Latin: hardened skin, thick skin; a knob)
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definitive callus
The exudate, found between two ends of a fractured bone, that develops into true bone.
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provisional callus
A temporary deposit between the ends of a fractured bone that is reabsorbed when the true bone develops.
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