Found 2 items, similar to induration.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: induration induration n : any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue [syn: sclerosis]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Induration Induration \In`du*ra"tion\, n. [Cf. F. induration, L. induratio hardness of heart.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of hardening, or the process of growing hard. [1913 Webster] 2. State of being indurated, or of having become hard. [1913 Webster] 3. Hardness of character, manner, sensibility, etc.; obduracy; stiffness; lack of pliancy or feeling. [1913 Webster] A certain induration of character had arisen from long habits of business. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]