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A hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes
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clavus
Word definitions for clavus in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A callous growth, especially on the foot; a corn.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Clavus may refer to: Claudius Clavus , a 15th-century Danish cartographer Clavus : a genus of gastropods in the family Drilliidae the plant disease ergot ; the Roman clavus , a reddish-purple stripe on garments that distinguished members of the senatorial ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes [syn: corn ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Clavus \Cla"vus\, n. [L., a nail.] A callous growth, esp. one the foot; a corn.
Usage examples of clavus.
But yet our Pliny rose to the Dignity of Senator, and wore the Latus Clavus in view of it.