induration

Meaning

Noun

• Hardness.
• Process of becoming hard.
• 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. Most often this term is used to describe dermatologic findings.
• The quality of non-friability; the extent to which a rock does not crumble; rock strength.
• The process of the strengthening of rocks by heating, compaction or cementation, or a combination thereof.

Origin

• From Old French induracion, from Medieval Latin induratiō