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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
callous/ˈkaləs/
▶adjective insensitive and cruel. ▶noun variant spelling of callus.
– derivatives
callously adverb,
callousness noun.
callously adverb,
callousness noun.
– origin ME: from L. callosus ‘hard-skinned’.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
callus /ˈkaləs/ (also callous)
▶noun
- 1 a thickened and hardened part of the skin or soft tissue, especially one caused by friction.
- 2 Medicine the bony healing tissue which forms around the ends of broken bone.
- 3 Botany a hard formation of tissue, especially new tissue formed over a wound.
– origin C16: from L. callum, callus ‘hardened skin’.
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