Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
noun
- the act of indurating.
- the state of being indurated.
- Geology.
- lithification.
- 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.
late 14c., from Old French induracion “hardness, obstinacy” (14c.) or directly from Medieval Latin indurationem (nominative induratio) “hardness (especially of the heart),” noun of action from indurare (see endure).
adj.
- Relating to, causing, or characterized by induration.
n.
- The hardening of a normally soft tissue or organ, especially the skin, because of inflammation, infiltration of a neoplasm, or an accumulation of blood.
- A focus or region of abnormally hardened tissue.