induration

  1. Noun.  Hardness, or the process of becoming hard.
  2. Noun.  (medical) (a) Hardening of an area of the body as a reaction to inflammation, hyperemia, or neoplastic infiltration, or (b) An area or part of the body that has undergone such a reaction. Most often this term is used to describe dermatologic findings.

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