induration (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *induration*:
NOUN	state	induration, sclerosis	any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue

English > *induration*: 1 sense > noun 1, state
Meaning	Any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue.
Synonym	sclerosis
Narrower	amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, ALS, Lou Gehrig's disease	thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord
	arteriolosclerosis	sclerosis of the arterioles
	arteriosclerosis, arterial sclerosis, hardening of the arteries, induration of the arteries, coronary-artery disease	sclerosis of the arterial walls
	multiple sclerosis, MS, disseminated sclerosis, disseminated multiple sclerosis	A chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers
	osteosclerosis	Abnormal hardening or eburnation of bone
Broader	pathology	Any deviation from a healthy or normal / normal condition
Spanish	esclerosis
Catalan	esclerosi, induració
Verbs	indurate	become hard or harder
Verbs	indurate	make hard or harder

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