induration

The quality or condition of being hardened.

The act or process of becoming hardened.

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

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

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

An indurated, hardened, or callous part.

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

State of being indurated, or of having become hard.

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

Hardness.