callus

英 [ˈkæləs]

美 [ˈkæləs]

n.  胼胝，老茧(手、足上的硬皮)

现在分词：callusing　过去式：callused　第三人称单数：calluses　过去分词：callused　

GRE医学

COCA.33141

牛津词典

noun

• 胼胝，老茧（手、足上的硬皮）
  an area of thick hard skin on a hand or foot, usually caused by rubbing

柯林斯词典

• 胼胝;老茧;硬结
  Acallusis an unwanted area of thick skin, usually on the palms of your hands or the soles of your feet, which has been caused by something rubbing against it.

英英释义

noun

• (botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchid
• bony tissue formed during the healing of a fractured bone
• an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot)
  Synonym:callosity

verb

• form a callus or calluses
  1. His foot callused
• cause a callus to form on
  1. The long march had callused his feet

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