INDURATION Definition & Meaning

induration

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

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noun

the act of indurating.
the state of being indurated.
Geology.
1. lithification.
2. hardening of rock by heat or pressure.
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 51�Թ� Forms

��d��·��t�� adjective
non·��d��·��t�� adjective
un·��d��·��t�� adjective

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of induration¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin ��Ի�ū��پ�ō��- (stem of ��Ի�ū��پ�ō ) 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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The tissue-changes of diseases existing prior to the attack of influenza, such as old consolidations, tubercle, brown induration, emphysema, and so forth, are of course frequently discovered.

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The profession considers ulceration and induration of the uterus incurable.

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