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Dictionary: Ty·lo·sis

n. pl. Tyloses .

[NL., fr. Gr. ty`los a lump, knot.]
(Bot.) An intrusion of one vegetable cell into the cavity of another, sometimes forming there an irregular mass of cells. Goodale.


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(tī-lō'-sĭs)
n., pl. -ses (-sēz).
  1. Inflammation of the eyelids, characterized by thickening and hardening of the edges.
  2. A thickening of the horny layer of the skin as a result of chronic pressure or friction.

Formation of callosities.

 
 
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