CALLUS

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

Same as Callosity. (b

2.
n.

The material of repair in fractures of bone; a substance exuded at the site of fracture, which is at first soft or cartilaginous in consistence, but is ultimately converted into true bone and unites the fragments into a single piece.

3.
n.

The new formation over the end of a cutting, before it puts out rootlets.


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