Definitionn. an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction
Last update: June 23, 2015
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- The horse (Equus caballus) is distinguished from the others by the long hairs of the tail being more abundant and growing quite or nearly from the base as well as the end and sides, and also by possessing a small bare callosity on the inner side of the hind leg, just below the "hock" or heel joint, in addition to the one on the inner side of the fore-arm above the carpus or " knee," common to all the genus. [Please select]
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Its inner edge carries, on the under side, near the base, a callosity from which five radiating nervures proceed; two of them upwards and two downwards, while the fifth runs approximately at right angles to these. [Please select]
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The left or lower wing-cover is of similar structure, with the difference that the bow, the callosity, and the nervures occupy the upper face. [Please select]
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] The sound can be modified accordingly as the strokes of each bow bear upon the callosity, which is itself serrated or wrinkled, or on one of the four smooth radiating nervures. [Please select]
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_ Shell coniform, broad; aperture effuse, tumid callosity on the inner lip large, and spreading over the spire. [Please select]
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The basal suture is deeply channeled; those on the spire covered by the polished callosity which spreads from the inner lip. [Please select]
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There was a small callosity on the pilaster adjacent to his hand, and he scratched at it intently with a long forefinger. [Please select]
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Callosity: a thick swollen lump, harder than its surroundings: = callous: also a rather flattened elevation not necessarily harder than the surrounding tissue. [Please select]
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