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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 cal·lus /ˈkæləs/
 皮膚的硬結,胼胝,(植物傷口的)癒合組織

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 cal·lus /ˈkæləs/ 名詞
 愈傷組織

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Cal·lus n.
 1. Med. (a) Same as Callosity. (b) The material of repair in fractures of bone; a substance exuded at the site of fracture, which is at first soft or cartilaginous in consistence, but is ultimately converted into true bone and unites the fragments into a single piece.
 2. Hort. The new formation over the end of a cutting, before it puts out rootlets.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 callus
      n 1: an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual
           pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot) [syn: callosity]
      2: bony tissue formed during the healing of a fractured bone
      3: (botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a
         stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchid
      v 1: cause a callus to form on; "The long march had callused his
           feet"
      2: form a callus or calluses; "His foot callused"
      [also: calli (pl)]