Callus
Posted By: me and my machine on 2008-03-06
In Reply to: callus versus callous - C.J.
Use it as a noun. The patient has a callus. Callous is an adjective and I can't think of an example in medical terminology. A similar confusion exists with mucus/mucous. Mucus is a noun. The patient coughed up green mucus. Mucous is an adjective. The patient had a mucous discharge.
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callus versus callous
I've got two accounts telling me different uses of these two words. One says callus is a formation on the bottom of your foot and callous is to be used when the doc dictates that a callous is forming on the bone. The other account says to use callus all the time and that callous means a person who is rough around the edges. I've read definitions of both and it seems that both words could be used........any ideas?
callus versus callous
callus is bone formation and callous is the one you get on your foot
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