callosity

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/kəˈlɒsɪtɪ/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kə losi tē)

Inflections of 'callosity' (n): npl: callosities

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
cal•los•i•ty  (kə losi tē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ties. 
  1. a callous condition.
  2. Botanya hardened or thickened part of a plant.
  3. Pathologycallus (def. 1a).
  • Late Latin callōsitās, equivalent. to callōs(us) callous + -itās -ity
  • late Middle English calosite 1375–1425

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
callosity / kəˈlɒsɪtɪ/ ( -ties)
  1. hardheartedness
  2. another name for callus1
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