Verb (used with object) : Heavy work callused his hands. From Dictionary.com.
New tissue, called callus, surrounds the fracture and replaces the dead bone. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Philippines Tests Sex Education In Public Schools] Reference
A callus is a form of hyperkeratosis, or thickened skin, that creates a hard surface. From Wordnik.com. [Simple Skin Beauty] Reference
The wound will develop a scab known as a callus, which seals it off to disease and further moisture loss. From Wordnik.com. [ScrippsNews - current events, culture, commentary, community] Reference
When the deposition of additional layers of the skin occurs in a diffuse manner it is called a callus or callosity. From Wordnik.com. [Trusted.MD Network - Empowering Healthcare Relationships] Reference
A whitish excrescence appears at both its ends, called the callus, and from this the rootlets start out. From Wordnik.com. [Success with Small Fruits] Reference
The callus is short and bearded. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
The callus is short, and shortly hairy below. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
The callus is long and densely bearded with brown hairs. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
In anticipation, he looked down; his callus was still there. From Wordnik.com. [Andrew] Reference
The callus of the third glume is short, pointed and villous. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
I have a magnificent callus but no roots yet above the union. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948] Reference
Humeral bristles: in Diptera, are situated on the humeral callus. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
They will form numerous buds even in a very small area of callus. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Forty-Second Annual Meeting Urbana, Illinois, August 28, 29 and 30, 1951] Reference
When everything is right that surface will callus over right quickly. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference
First glume of the sessile spikelet with smooth margins, callus bearded. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
Panicle cylindric, glumes I and II awned; callus with white silky hairs. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
I don't think there was a callus on the hickory in less than thirty days. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Second Annual Meeting Ithaca, New York, December 14 and 15, 1911] Reference
The amount of callus furnished around the loose fragments is very striking. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference
The ensheathing callus is still very abundant, but less so than at an earlier date. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference
Inflammation about callus must be cared for as recommended above for inflamed corns. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI)] Reference
President Morris: How about getting callus by three months, we will say, in storage?. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Second Annual Meeting Ithaca, New York, December 14 and 15, 1911] Reference
On January 11 the cambium ring at the lower end of the cuttings had begun to callus. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Second Annual Meeting Ithaca, New York, December 14 and 15, 1911] Reference
The fracture healed well, with the deposition of a large mass of provisional callus. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference
The whole palm of the hand or soles of the feet may be the seats of a continuous callus. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI)] Reference
Then I have noticed on some, that at the place where I grafted the callus got quite large. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-First Annual Meeting Cedar Rapids, Iowa, September 17, 18, and 19, 1930] Reference
This may have been too high, as on raising the cuttings it was found the callus had rotted. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947] Reference
The spikelets are binate one sessile and the other shortly pedicelled, with the callus villous. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
The tree should be well fed to aid in the growth of callus formation to cover the wound quickly. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting Battle Creek, Michigan, September 10 and 11, 1934] Reference
Humeral callus: in Diptera, is a rounded callus forming the anterior superior angle of the mesothorax. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
You can get the callus almost every time, but it is very difficult to secure the development of roots afterwards. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Second Annual Meeting Ithaca, New York, December 14 and 15, 1911] Reference
If we can bench graft, callus, and then hold the grafts until favorable weather, frost damage will be eliminated. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Forty-Second Annual Meeting Urbana, Illinois, August 28, 29 and 30, 1951] Reference
MR. PATAKY: If you get a fast-growing callus, you have to cut the rubber band, but if it is rather slow you don't. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953] Reference
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