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Definition of Clavus
1. Noun. A hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes.
Definition of Clavus
1. n. A callous growth, esp. one the foot; a corn.
Definition of Clavus
1. a horny thickening of the skin [n -VI]
Medical Definition of Clavus
1. 1. A small conical callosity caused by pressure over a bony prominence, usually on a toe. Synonym: corn, heloma. 2. Obsolete term for a condition resulting from healing of a granuloma of the foot in yaws, in which a core falls out, leaving an erosion. Origin: L. A nail, wart, corn (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clavus
Literary usage of Clavus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Treatise on Diseases of the Skin for the Use of Advanced Students and by Henry Weightman Stelwagon (1914)
"—clavus, or corn, is a small, circumscribed, conic, deep-seated, horny formation or
... Two varieties of clavus are recognized—the hard and the soft. ..."
2. A Practical Treatise on Diseases of the Skin, for the Use of Students and by James Nevins Hyde (1893)
"clavus. Lat., clavus, a nail. (Corn. FR., Cor ; (Eil de Perdrix ; GER., ...
clavus, or Corn, is a circumscribed callosity usually found upon the toes, ..."
3. A Compend of Diseases of the Skin by Jay Frank Schamberg (1913)
"clavus is a small, circumscribed, deep-seated, painful, horny growth, usually
situated upon the toes. Symptoms.—The usual seat of corns is the dorsal ..."
4. Diseases of the skin: Their Description, Pathology, Diagnosis and Treatment by Henry Radcliffe Crocker (1888)
"clavus (A nail). Synonyms.—Corn ; Fr., Cor; Ger., ... Corns may be hard or soft;
the hard corn is a callosity plus a horny peg (the clavus or nail), which, ..."
5. Diseases of the Skin and the Eruptive Fevers by Jay Frank Schamberg (1915)
"L., clavus, a nail. Synonym.—Corn. Definition.—clavus is a small, circumscribed,
deep-seated, painful horny growth, usually situated upon the toes. ..."
6. A Compend of the practice of medicine by Daniel E. Hughes, Samuel Horton Brown (1904)
"clavus. Definition.—A corn is a small, circumscribed, usually flat, deep- seated
... A clavus consists of a circumscribed, excessive hypertrophy of the ..."
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