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induration

noun

1 induration

Any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue.

synonym: sclerosis.

Roget 951: impenitence, irrepentance†, recusance†; lack of contrition.    hardness of heart, seared conscience, induration, obduracy.   

Roget 323: hardness etc. adj.; rigidity; renitence†, renitency; inflexibility, temper, callosity, durity†.    induration, petrifaction; lapidification†, ... show more

is a specific kind of: pathology.

is a broader term that covers: disseminated multiple sclerosis, disseminated sclerosis, MS, multiple sclerosis | ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Lou Gehrig's disease | arteriolosclerosis | arterial sclerosis, arteriosclerosis, coronary-artery disease, hardening of the arteries, induration of the arteries | osteosclerosis.

derivation: harden, indurate | harden, indurate | sclerosed, sclerotic.

Dutch: verharding, induratie, sclerose
Polish: skleroza

Moby thesaurus: Philistinism, armor, callosity, callousness, callus, flintiness, formidable defenses, hard heart, hard shell, hardenedness, hardheartedness, hardness, hardness of heart, heart of stone, imperviousness, insensitiveness, insensitivity, inuredness, obduracy, obdurateness ... show more.

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