induration

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

/ ˌɪn dʊˈreɪ ʃən, -dyʊ- /

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noun

the act of indurating.

the state of being indurated.

Geology.

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.

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Origin of induration

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

in·du·ra·tive, adjectivenon·in·du·ra·tive, adjectiveun·in·du·ra·tive, adjective

Induration of the lungs (tuberculosis) was regarded as incurable.
Old-Time Makers of Medicine|James J. Walsh
We must not omit that union of the parts of bodies which is the principal cause of induration and desiccation.
Novum Organum|Francis Bacon
It was attempted to relieve this induration by emollient fomentations.
Four Years in France|Henry Digby Beste
The essential symptoms are œdema and a variable degree of hardness and induration.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin|Henry Weightman Stelwagon

Moral independence for the adult means arrest of growth, isolation means induration.
Reconstruction in Philosophy|John Dewey