encalecer — meaning in English
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English meaning
- callus noun A hardened area of the skin (especially on the foot or hand) caused by repeated friction, wear or use.
Senses
encalecer is used for these senses in English:
- callus (intransitive) To form such hardened tissue.
callus — full definition
- noun A hardened area of the skin (especially on the foot or hand) caused by repeated friction, wear or use.
- noun The material of repair in fractures of bone; a substance exuded at the site of fracture, which is at first soft or cartilaginous in consistency, but is ultimately converted into true bone and unites the fragments into a single piece.
- noun The new formation over the end of a cutting, before it puts out rootlets.
- noun In orchids, a fleshy outgrowth from the labellum.