callus

English

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Etymology

From Latin callum.

Pronunciation

• (US) (UK) IPA: /ˈkæləs/
• Rhymes: -æləs
• Homophone: callous

Noun

callus (plural calluses or calli)

1. A hardened area of the skin (especially on the foot or hand) caused by repeated friction, wear or use.
2. The material of repair in fractures of bone; a substance exuded at the site of fracture, which is at first soft or cartilaginous in consistency, but is ultimately converted into true bone and unites the fragments into a single piece.
3. (botany) The new formation over the end of a cutting, before it puts out rootlets.

Translations

hardened part of the skin

• Bulgarian: мазол (bg) (mazól) m 
• Catalan: call (Algherese)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 胼胝 (cmn) (piánzhī), 繭 (cmn) (jiǎn)

• Czech: mozol (cs) m
• Dutch: eelt (nl) n
• Finnish: känsä (fi)
• French: calus (fr) m, durillon (fr) m
• German: Schwiele (de) f, (skin) Hornhaut (de) f, (botany) Kallus (de) m
• Icelandic: sigg (is) n
• Italian: callo (it) m
• Japanese: 胼胝 (ja), タコ (ja), たこ (ja) (tako)

• Romanian: bătătură (ro)
• Russian: мозоль (ru) (mozól') m 
• Sardinian:

  Campidanese Sardinian: callu

  Gallurese Sardinian: gaddu, incàddu

  Logudorese Sardinian: addu

• Sassarese Sardinian: gaddu
• Serbo-Croatian: žulj (sh) m
• Spanish: callo (es) m
• Swedish: valk (sv) c
• Volapük: honaskin (vo)

Verb

callus (third-person singular simple present calluses, present participle callusing, simple past and past participle callused)

1. (intransitive) To form such hardened tissue

Translations

form hardened tissue

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 長繭 (cmn) (zhǎng jiǎn)

• Italian: incallire (it)
• Portuguese: calo (pt) m