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cal·lus

n 1  :  a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin  2  :  a mass of exudate and connective tissue that forms around a break in a bone and is converted into bone in the healing of the break .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  cal·lose  cal·lous  class  co·alesce 

 
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