induration

in·du·ra·tion

 (ĭn′də-rā′shən, -dyə-)

n.

1. The quality or condition of being hardened.

2. The act or process of becoming hardened.

3. The hardening of a normally soft tissue or organ, especially the skin, due to inflammation, infiltration of a neoplasm, or accumulation of blood.

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in•du•ra•tion

(ˌɪn dʊˈreɪ ʃən, -dyʊ-)

n.

1. the act of indurating.

2. the state of being indurated.

3.

a. lithification.

b. hardening of rock by heat or pressure.

4. an abnormal hardening of an area of the body.

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induration

1. the process of hardening or being hardened.
2. a hardened mass. — indurative, adj.

See also: Processes

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

induration - any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue sclerosis disseminated multiple sclerosis, disseminated sclerosis, MS, multiple sclerosis - a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Lou Gehrig's disease - thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord; results in progressive muscle atrophy that starts in the limbs arteriolosclerosis - sclerosis of the arterioles arterial sclerosis, arteriosclerosis, coronary-artery disease, hardening of the arteries, induration of the arteries - sclerosis of the arterial walls osteosclerosis - abnormal hardening or eburnation of bone pathology - any deviation from a healthy or normal condition

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Translations

Abhärtung

in·du·ra·tion

n. induración, endurecimiento que puede suceder en tejidos blandos como en el tejido de las membranas mucosas.

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induration

n (lesion) induración f, (skin) endurecimiento

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