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n. - A hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes.

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  • They take their name from the Latin word clavus, or the French clou, both meaning a nail, and to which the clove has a considerable resemblance.
  • These hysteric affections are not necessarily attended with pain; though it sometimes happens, that pains, which originate from quiescence, afflict these patients, as the...
  • Claval suture: Hemiptera; at the base of hemelytra, separating the clavus.
  • They will have another nine days as they prepare for a conclave, cumme clave, a cumme clavus, the locking in to the Sistine Chapel.
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