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What is the noun for callus?

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callus
  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.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “After hours of manual labor, a painful callus formed on the palm of his hand.”
calli
  1. plural form of callus
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  3. Examples:
    1. “In vitro infection of host roots by differentiated calli of the parasitic plant Orobanche was also achieved in O. ramosa.”
      “Genes were introduced into embryogenic calli with the particle inflow gun.”
      “I must return to the calli of Blackbird, where my friends and relatives await me.”
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