Noun: clavus
| Singular | clavus |
| Plural | clavuses; clavi |
Sample Sentences
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In a review of over 1000 interdigital clavuses, 65% were found in the fourth interspace, while the first and third web space clavuses were found in 17% and 16% of the patients respectively[…] [1988, Shepard R. Hurwitz, Foot and ankle pain, page 331:]
Nouns inflected like clavus
deinonychus,
shamus,
pearly nautilus,
splenic plexus,
paper nautilus,
boletus,
sight radius,
subfocus,
pandanus,
pegasus,
zoilus,
Bohr radius,
black fungus,
ranunculus,
prodromus,
periannulus,
organ pipe cactus,
pluteus,
star cactus,
periplous, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin clāvus (“a nail”). Doublet of clove. See: Latin Nouns '
clāvus'.