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What does callus mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word callus? Here's what it means.

Noun
  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.
Verb
  1. (intransitive) To form such hardened tissue.
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