INDURATION

sclerosis, induration

(noun) any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

induration (countable and uncountable, plural indurations)

Hardness.

Process of becoming hard.

(medical) Hardening of an area of the body as a reaction to inflammation, hyperemia, or neoplastic infiltration.

(medical) An area or part of the body that has undergone such a reaction. Most often this term is used to describe dermatologic findings.

(geology) The quality of non-friability; the extent to which a rock does not crumble; rock strength.

(geology) The process of the strengthening of rocks by heating, compaction or cementation, or a combination thereof.

Anagrams

• diurnation

Source: Wiktionary

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In`du*ra"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. induration, L. induratio hardness of heart.]

1. The act of hardening, or the process of growing hard.

2. State of being indurated, or of having become hard.

3. Hardness of character, manner, sensibility, etc.; obduracy; stiffness; want of pliancy or feeling. A certain induration of character had arisen from long habits of business. Coleridge.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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