CLAVUS

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 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

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))