callus

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A hardened area of the skin (especially on the foot or hand) caused by repeated friction, wear or use.

   “Sylvanshine had once been on a first date with a Xerox rep who had complex and slightly repulsive patterns of callus on her fingers from playing the banjo semi-professionally”

2. isim 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. isim The new formation over the end of a cutting, before it puts out rootlets.
4. isim In orchids, a fleshy outgrowth from the labellum.
5. isim In grasses, a hardened extension from the base of a floret, which may or may not elongate and is often covered in hairs or bristles.
6. isim A shining area on the frons of many species of Tabanomorpha (horse flies and relatives).
7. fiil To form such hardened tissue.