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in⋅du⋅ra⋅tion

  [in-doo-rey-shuhn, -dyoo-]
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–noun
1. the act of indurating.
2. the state of being indurated.
3. Geology.
a. lithification.
b. hardening of rock by heat or pressure.
4. Pathology.
a. a hardening of an area of the body as a reaction to inflammation, hyperemia, or neoplastic infiltration.
b. an area or part of the body that has undergone such a reaction.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < LL indūrātiōn- (s. of indūrātiō) a hardening. See indurate, -ion

Related forms:
in⋅du⋅ra⋅tive, adjective
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in·du·rate   (ĭn'də-rāt', -dyə-)   
v.   in·du·rat·ed, in·du·rat·ing, in·du·rates

v.   tr.

  1. To make hard; harden: soil that had been indurated by extremes of climate.

  2. To inure, as to hardship or ridicule.

  3. To make callous or obdurate: "It is the curse of revolutionary calamities to indurate the heart" (Helen Maria Williams).

v.   intr.

  1. To grow hard; harden.

  2. To become firmly fixed or established.

adj.   (ĭn'dŏŏ-rĭt, -dyə-)
Hardened; obstinate; unfeeling.

[Latin indūrāre, indūrāt- : in-, intensive pref.; see in-2 + dūrus, hard; see deru- in Indo-European roots.]
in'du·ra'tive adj.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: in·du·ra·tion
Pronunciation: "in-d(y)&-'rA-sh&n
Function: noun
1 : an increase in the fibrous elements intissue commonly associated with inflammation and marked by loss of elasticity and pliability : SCLEROSIS
2 : a hardened mass or formation

Main Entry: in·du·ra·tive
Pronunciation: 'in-d(y)&-"rAt-iv, in-'d(y)ur-&t-iv
Function: adjective
: of, relating to, or producinginduration
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induration in·du·ra·tion (ĭn'də-rā'shən, -dyə-)
n.

  1. The hardening of a normally soft tissue or organ, especially the skin, because of inflammation, infiltration of a neoplasm, or an accumulation of blood.

  2. A focus or region of abnormally hardened tissue.

indurative in·du·ra·tive (ĭn'də-rā'tĭv, -dyə-)
adj.
Relating to, causing, or characterized by induration.

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