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induration
[ in-doo-rey-shuhn, -dyoo- ]
noun
- the act of indurating.
- the state of being indurated.
- Geology.
- hardening of rock by heat or pressure.
- Pathology.
- a hardening of an area of the body as a reaction to inflammation, hyperemia, or neoplastic infiltration.
- an area or part of the body that has undergone such a reaction.
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ¾±²Ôd³Ü·°ù²¹î€…t¾±±¹±ð adjective
- non·¾±²Ôd³Ü·°ù²¹î€…t¾±±¹±ð adjective
- un·¾±²Ôd³Ü·°ù²¹î€…t¾±±¹±ð adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of induration1
Example Sentences
The irreducibility is due either to its large size or to changes which have taken place by indurations or adhesions.
In cases of obdurate induration, the udder should be anointed with iodine ointment.
The Gentile ignorance of God was attended, as St Paul saw it, with an induration of heart, of which it was at once the cause and the effect.
In scrofulous children the course may be protracted for several weeks, and in them resolution is occasionally imperfect, a degree of enlargement and induration of one or both parotids remaining for some time.
The profession considers ulceration and induration of the uterus incurable.
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