Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In botany, a growth formed in the cavity of a duct by the intrusion of the wall of a contiguous cell through one or more of the perforations of the duct.
- noun An affection of the eyelids characterized by an indurated thickening of their edges.
- noun Same as
leucoplacia . - noun Callosity.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) An intrusion of one vegetable cell into the cavity of another, sometimes forming there an irregular mass of cells.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a
thickening of theskin , especially of theeyelids - noun a
balloonlike growth in aplant cavity ; atylose
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Examples
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Crocker had an instance of this nature in a man with tylosis palmæ, in which the skin was cast off every autumn, but the process lasted two months.
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Crocker had an instance of this nature in a man with tylosis palmae, in which the skin was cast off every autumn, but the process lasted two months.
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