Synonyms of the word

callus

• n. A hardened area of the skin (especially on the foot or hand) caused by repeated friction, wear or use.
• n. The material of repair in fractures of bone; a substance exuded at the site of fracture, which is at first…
• n. (botany) The new formation over the end of a cutting, before it puts out rootlets.
• v. (intransitive) To form such hardened tissue.

callosity

• n. (countable) A callus.
• n. (uncountable) A callous demeanour; insensitivity or hardheartedness.

cicatrice

• n. (medicine) a scar.

cicatrix

• n. A scar that remains after the development of new tissue over a recovering wound or sore (also used figuratively).

enation

• n. (botany) A small outgrowth on the surface of a plant organ.
• n. (botany, uncountable) The generation of such an outgrowth.

harden

• v. (intransitive) To become hard (tough, resistant to pressure).
• v. (transitive, ergative) To make something hard or harder (tough, resistant to pressure).
• v. (transitive, computing) To modify (a website or other system) to make it resistant to malicious attacks.
• v. (transitive, dated) To become or make (a person or thing) resistant or less sensitive.
• v. (phonology) To become or make (a consonant) more fortis.

hardening

• v. present participle of harden.
• n. The process by which something hardens.
• n. That which hardens, such as a material used for converting the surface of iron into steel.

indurate

• v. To harden or to grow hard.
• v. To make callous or unfeeling.
• v. To inure; to strengthen; to make hardy or robust.
• adj. Hardened, obstinate, unfeeling, callous.

scar

• n. A permanent mark on the skin sometimes caused by the healing of a wound.
• n. (by extension) A permanent effect on someone’s mind, caused by a traumatic experience.
• v. (transitive) To mark the skin permanently.
• v. (intransitive) To form a scar.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To affect deeply in a traumatic manner.
• n. A cliff.
• n. A rock in the sea breaking out from the surface of the water.
• n. A marine food fish, the scarus or parrotfish.