What's the difference between clavis and clavus?

Clavis


Definition:

  • (n.) A key; a glossary.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) As a result, subungual clavi, unguis incarnatus, unguis convolutus, or laterally turning onychogryposis like a cork-screw develop.
  • (2) A thirty-seven year old man presented with volar lesions resembling widespread clavi.
  • (3) No arthritic recurrences were observed, callosities, clavi and mild pain were rarely found.
  • (4) Repetitive frictional insults over years to human skin result in lichenification, callosites, and clavi (corns).
  • (5) The clavi-pectoral route provides a limited approach to the axillary vessels as they emerge from the costal-subclavian outlet.
  • (6) The spaces are: "Pleural suspensory Apparatus", interscalene spaces (vascular and neural), costo-clavicular, clavi-pectoral, retro-pectoralis minor, pre-humeral head, median nerve roots compass, pre-scalene space.
  • (7) All three deliberately present themselves in a very Roman way - the woman has her jewellery and the men wear clavi , white tunics with red stripes.

Clavus


Definition:

  • (n.) A callous growth, esp. one the foot; a corn.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The control of her diabetes has been poor, and diabetic neuropathy and lipoatrophy-induced painful skin lesions such as clavus and tylosis have been persistent.
  • (2) Clavus is a very frequent condition of the toes which, despite the fact that it is usually underrated, can complicate the life of its carriers.
  • (3) Both patients also showed mild diffuse palmoplantar keratosis and clavus-like lesions over the interphalangeal joints of the toes; one patient also had keratotic papules on the hands and hyperkeratotic plaques over the knees.
  • (4) Psoriatic scales and hyperkeratotic stratum corneum from clavus and plantar keratoderma contained increased levels of FLCB with 18 carbons and decreased levels of FLCB with 20 carbons.
  • (5) CO2 laser surgery performed on the punctata aeriata, interdigital clavus formations, and hypertrophic scars are not always as successful but offer the surgeon another modality in taking care of the patient's problems without the need for extensive surgery.

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