an intense headache in which the pain is likened to one that would be produced by a sharp object driven into the skull
2. (in ancient Rome)
a vertical stripe or band of purple worn on the tunic by senators and equites
3. Entomology
clavola
Word origin
[1800–10; ‹ L: lit., nail; akin to claudere to close]This word is first recorded in the period 1800–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: gong, jumbo, rejuvenate, studio, unprofessional
Examples of 'clavus' in a sentence
clavus
Similar clinical appearances prevent accurate diagnosis of two common skin diseases, clavus and verruca.
Chien-Ya Hung, Pei-Lun Sun, Shu-Jen Chiang, Fu-Shan Jaw 2014, 'In vitro differential diagnosis of clavus and verruca by a predictive model generatedfrom electrical impedance.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3976310?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)