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induration

[ in-doo-rey-shuhn, -dyoo- ]

noun

  1. the act of indurating.
  2. the state of being indurated.
  3. Geology.
    1. hardening of rock by heat or pressure.
  4. Pathology.
    1. a hardening of an area of the body as a reaction to inflammation, hyperemia, or neoplastic infiltration.
    2. an area or part of the body that has undergone such a reaction.


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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
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of induration1

1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin ¾±²Ô»åÅ«°ùÄå³Ù¾±Å²Ô- (stem of ¾±²Ô»åÅ«°ùÄå³Ù¾±Å ) a hardening. See indurate, -ion
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Example Sentences

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The irreducibility is due either to its large size or to changes which have taken place by indurations or adhesions.

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In cases of obdurate induration, the udder should be anointed with iodine ointment.

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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.

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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.

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The profession considers ulceration and induration of the uterus incurable.

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