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INDURATION
sclerosis, induration
(noun) any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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
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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MONASTICISM
(noun) asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience
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