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CLAVUS

Dictionary entry overview: What does clavus mean?

• CLAVUS (noun)
The noun CLAVUS has 1 sense:

1. a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes

Familiarity information: CLAVUS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CLAVUS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

clavus; corn

Hypernyms ("clavus" is a kind of...):

callosity; callus (an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot))

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