induration

noun

The quality or condition of being hardened.

noun

The act or process of becoming hardened.

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The hardening of a normally soft tissue or organ, especially the skin, due to inflammation, infiltration of a neoplasm, or accumulation of blood.

noun

The act of hardening, or the process of growing hard; the state of being indurated or of having become hard.

noun

Hardness of heart; insensibility; obduracy; want of pliancy.

noun

An indurated, hardened, or callous part.

noun

The act of hardening, or the process of growing hard.

noun

State of being indurated, or of having become hard.

noun

Hardness of character, manner, sensibility, etc.; obduracy; stiffness; lack of pliancy or feeling.

noun

Hardness.