induration (English, noun)
expansion: induration (countable and uncountable, plural indurations)
Senses:
glosses: Hardness.
tags: countable
uncountable
glosses: An enduring presence; fixity.
tags: countable
uncountable
glosses: The process of becoming hard.
tags: countable
uncountable
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A hardening of an area of the body as a reaction to inflammation, hyperemia, or neoplastic infiltration.
tags: countable
uncountable
topics: dermatology
medicine
sciences
glosses: An area or part of the body that has undergone such a reaction.
tags: broadly
countable
uncountable
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: The quality of nonfriability; the extent to which a rock does not crumble; rock strength.
tags: countable
uncountable
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: The process of the strengthening of rocks by heating, compaction or cementation, or a combination thereof.
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: indurations
tags: plural
form: enduration
tags: alternative