Callus

Synonyms for "callus" (48 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (10)

callosity armor benign tumor callousness cancer carcinoma corn cyst excrescence

Noun(1 words)

Strong matches (14)

flintiness formidable defenses fungosity fungus growth hard heart hard shell hardenedness hardheartedness hardness hardness of heart heart of stone imperviousness induration

Related words (24)

Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

8 entries

cicatrice cicatrix enation harden hardening indurate plant process scar

Synonyms

1 entries

callosity

Related terms

2 entries

calliferous callous

derived

5 entries

callousy callused calluslike callusy subcallus

has context

1 entries

botany

is a

4 entries

characterization corn plant process scar

manner of

1 entries

harden

related to

16 entries

bone callous callously callousness cartilaginous cutting exude foot fracture friction hand harden rootlet skin use wear

Translations

109 translations across 60 languages.

Ancient Greek

1 entries

τύλη noun (hardened part of the skin)

Arabic

3 entries

الكالس النباتات noun (botany: new formation over the end of a cutting)
جُسْأَة noun (hardened part of the skin)
فالول noun (hardened part of the skin)

Armenian

2 entries

կալուս noun (botany: new formation over the end of a cutting)
կոշտուկ noun (hardened part of the skin)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

döyənək noun (hardened part of the skin)
qabar noun (hardened part of the skin)

Bashkir

1 entries

һөйәл noun (hardened part of the skin)

Bulgarian

1 entries

мазо́л noun (hardened part of the skin)

Campidanese Sardinian

1 entries

callu noun (hardened part of the skin)

Catalan

4 entries

call noun (hardened part of the skin)
cal·lus noun (hardened part of the skin)
durícia noun (hardened part of the skin)
mula noun (hardened part of the skin)

Cebuano

2 entries

kubal noun (hardened part of the skin)
lupak noun (hardened part of the skin)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

癒傷組織 /愈伤组织 noun (botany: new formation over the end of a cutting)
繭子 /茧子 noun (hardened part of the skin)
老繭 /老茧 noun (hardened part of the skin)
胼胝 noun (hardened part of the skin)

Czech

2 entries

kuří oko noun (hardened part of the skin)
mozol noun (hardened part of the skin)

Danish

2 entries

hård hud noun (hardened part of the skin)
valk noun (hardened part of the skin)

Dutch

1 entries

eelt noun (hardened part of the skin)

Esperanto

1 entries

kaluso noun (hardened part of the skin)

Finnish

4 entries

haavasolukko noun (botany: new formation over the end of a cutting)
kallus noun (material of repair in fractures of bone)
kallus noun (botany: new formation over the end of a cutting)
kovettuma noun (hardened part of the skin)

French

3 entries

cal noun (hardened part of the skin)
calus noun (hardened part of the skin)
durillon noun (hardened part of the skin)

Galician

3 entries

amata noun (hardened part of the skin)
calo noun (hardened part of the skin)
talo noun (hardened part of the skin)

Gallurese

2 entries

gaddu noun (hardened part of the skin)
incàddu noun (hardened part of the skin)

German

4 entries

Hornhaut noun (hardened part of the skin)
Kallus noun (hardened part of the skin)
Kallus noun (botany: new formation over the end of a cutting)
Schwiele noun (hardened part of the skin)

Greek

2 entries

κάλος noun (hardened part of the skin)
τύλωμα noun (hardened part of the skin)

Hebrew

2 entries

גרומת noun (hardened part of the skin)
קלוס noun (hardened part of the skin)

Hungarian

1 entries

bőrkeményedés noun (hardened part of the skin)

Icelandic

1 entries

sigg noun (hardened part of the skin)

Ingrian

1 entries

villi noun (hardened part of the skin)

Italian

2 entries

callo noun (hardened part of the skin)
incallire verb (to form hardened tissue)

Japanese

1 entries

胼胝 noun (hardened part of the skin)

Khmer

2 entries

ក្រិន noun (hardened part of the skin)
ពកស្លា noun (hardened part of the skin)

Latin

1 entries

callum noun (hardened part of the skin)

Macedonian

1 entries

кла́вус noun (hardened part of the skin)

Malay

2 entries

belulang noun (hardened part of the skin)
kalus noun (material of repair in fractures of bone)

Māori

2 entries

pātio noun (hardened part of the skin)
pātio verb (to form hardened tissue)

Navajo

2 entries

kébąąh ntłʼizgo daditánígíí noun (hardened part of the skin)
kébąąh ntłʼizgo dah naaznilígíí noun (hardened part of the skin)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

træl noun (hardened part of the skin)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

træl noun (hardened part of the skin)

Occitan

2 entries

barda noun (hardened part of the skin)
bast noun (hardened part of the skin)

Old Czech

1 entries

kuřie řinda noun (hardened part of the skin)

Old English

1 entries

wearr noun (hardened part of the skin)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

ناصور noun (hardened part of the skin)
ناصورلانمق verb (to form hardened tissue)

Persian

4 entries

شغه noun (hardened part of the skin)
پینه noun (hardened part of the skin)
پینه noun (botany: new formation over the end of a cutting)
کلخچ noun (hardened part of the skin)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Schwiel noun (hardened part of the skin)

Polish

2 entries

nagniotek noun (hardened part of the skin)
odcisk noun (hardened part of the skin)

Portuguese

3 entries

calo noun (hardened part of the skin)
calejar verb (to form hardened tissue)
encalecer verb (to form hardened tissue)

Quechua

1 entries

khacha noun (hardened part of the skin)

Romanian

1 entries

bătătură noun (hardened part of the skin)

Russian

1 entries

мозо́ль noun (hardened part of the skin)

Sardinian

1 entries

addu noun (hardened part of the skin)

Sassarese

1 entries

gaddu noun (hardened part of the skin)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries

žulj noun (hardened part of the skin)

Sicilian

1 entries

caḍḍu noun (hardened part of the skin)

Slovak

1 entries

kurie oko noun (hardened part of the skin)

Spanish

4 entries

callo noun (hardened part of the skin)
callosidad noun (hardened part of the skin)
dureza noun (hardened part of the skin)
duricia noun (hardened part of the skin)

Swedish

1 entries

valk noun (hardened part of the skin)

Tagalog

2 entries

kalyo noun (hardened part of the skin)
lipak noun (hardened part of the skin)

Tarifit

1 entries

areffix noun (hardened part of the skin)

Thai

1 entries

ผิวหนังที่ด้านหนา noun (hardened part of the skin)

Turkish

2 entries

nasır noun (hardened part of the skin)
nasırlanmak verb (to form hardened tissue)

Ukrainian

1 entries

мозо́ль noun (hardened part of the skin)

Vietnamese

1 entries

chai noun (hardened part of the skin)

Volapük

1 entries

honaskin noun (hardened part of the skin)

Welsh

1 entries

caleden noun (hardened part of the skin)

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I have a callus on the sole of my foot.

Source: tatoeba (2266982)

My fingers are starting to callus over. I love it for some reason.

Source: tatoeba (10160059)

I have a terrible callus on my big toe.

Source: tatoeba (11490367)

Sylvanshine had once been on a first date with a Xerox rep who had complex and slightly repulsive patterns of callus on her fingers from playing the banjo semi-professionally

Source: wiktionary

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