meaning of callus
1. Same as Callosity
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 consistence, but is ultimately converted into true bone and unites the fragments into a single piece.
3. The new formation over the end of a cutting, before it puts out rootlets.
4. botany an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchid
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