induration
nounThe quality or condition of being hardened.
nounThe act or process of becoming hardened.
nounThe hardening of a normally soft tissue or organ, especially the skin, due to inflammation, infiltration of a neoplasm, or accumulation of blood.
nounThe act of hardening, or the process of growing hard; the state of being indurated or of having become hard.
nounHardness of heart; insensibility; obduracy; want of pliancy.
nounAn indurated, hardened, or callous part.
nounThe act of hardening, or the process of growing hard.
nounState of being indurated, or of having become hard.
nounHardness of character, manner, sensibility, etc.; obduracy; stiffness; lack of pliancy or feeling.
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