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Noun: callosity  ku'lósitee
  1. An area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot)
    - callus
     
  2. Devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness
    - unfeelingness, callousness, hardness, insensibility, cold-bloodedness

Derived forms: callosities

See also: callous

Type of: hardening, insensitiveness, insensitivity

Encyclopedia: Callosity

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Callitris cupressiformis
Callitris endlicheri
Callitris glauca
Callitris glaucophylla
Callitris parlatorei
Callitris quadrivalvis
Callophis
Callorhinus
Callorhinus ursinus
callosectomy
callosity
callosotomy
callous
calloused
callously
callousness
call-out
callow
callowness
callsign
Calluna