induration

American  

[in-doo-rey-shuhn, -dyoo-] / ˌɪn dʊˈreɪ ʃən, -dyʊ- /

noun

1. the act of indurating.

2. the state of being indurated.

3. Geology.

   1. lithification.

   2. 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 Word Forms

• indurative adjective
• nonindurative adjective
• unindurative adjective

Etymology

Origin of induration

1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin indūrātiōn- (stem of indūrātiō ) a hardening. See indurate, -ion

Example Sentences

Deposits of tubercle or tumors in the udder, or induration of the gland, may be efficient causes, the irritation caused by milking contributing to draw the blood.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

The profession considers ulceration and induration of the uterus incurable.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock

We know that the mast cells are produced in large quantities locally, wherever an over-nutrition of the connective tissue occurs, for instance in chronic diseases of the skin, elephantiasis, brown induration of the lungs.

From Histology of the Blood Normal and Pathological by Myers, W.

After eight days the storm calmed down, and it was remarkable to witness the steady decrease of the induration in the cervical glands and mamma.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock

The result of treatment with chloride of gold was, that in proportion to the decrease of the induration there was an increase in the consistency of the softened posterior wall.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock