Bunion vs Callus - What's the difference?
bunion | callus |
(pathology) A bump or bulge on the first joint of the big toe caused by the swelling of a sac of fluid under the skin.
A hardened area of the skin (especially on the foot or hand) caused by repeated friction, wear or use.
* 2011 ,David Foster Wallace The Pale King , page 17:
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.
(botany) The new formation over the end of a cutting, before it puts out rootlets.
To form such hardened tissue
As nouns the difference between bunion and callus
is that bunion is (pathology) a bump or bulge on the first joint of the big toe caused by the swelling of a sac of fluid under the skin while callus is a hardened area of the skin (especially on the foot or hand) caused by repeated friction, wear or use.As a verb callus is
to form such hardened tissue.bunion
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Alternative forms
* * (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)callus
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(wikipedia callus)Noun
(en-noun)- Sylvanshine had once been on a first date with a Xerox rep who had complex and slightly repulsive patterns of callus on her fingers from playing the banjo semi-professionally