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Feb 12, 2012
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cal•lous



Pronunciation: (kal'us), [key]
—adj.
1. made hard; hardened.
2. insensitive; indifferent; unsympathetic: They have a callous attitude toward the sufferings of others.
3. having a callus; indurated, as parts of the skin exposed to friction.

—v.t., v.i.
to make or become hard or callous.

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