Definition of Induration. Meaning of Induration. Synonyms of Induration

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Definition of Induration

Induration
Induration In`du*ra"tion, n. [Cf. F. induration, L. induratio hardness of heart.] 1. The act of hardening, or the process of growing hard. 2. State of being indurated, or of having become hard. 3. Hardness of character, manner, sensibility, etc.; obduracy; stiffness; want of pliancy or feeling. A certain induration of character had arisen from long habits of business. --Coleridge.

Meaning of Induration from wikipedia

- dermis. Fissure is a lesion in the skin that is usually narrow but deep. Induration is dermal thickening causing the cutaneous surface to feel thicker and...
- Brown induration is fibrosis and hemosiderin pigmentation of the lungs due to long standing pulmonary congestion (chronic p****ive congestion). Occurs with...
- diameter of induration (palpable raised, hardened area) across the forearm (perpendicular to the long axis) in millimeters. If there is no induration, the result...
- Peyronie's disease is a connective tissue disorder involving the growth of fibrous plaques in the soft tissue of the ****. Specifically, scar tissue forms...
- TU (0.1 mL 100 TU/mL, 1:1000) are 0–4 mm induration (Heaf 0-1) 5–14 mm induration (Heaf 2) >15 mm induration (Heaf 3-4) The Mantoux test is preferred...
- reaction of at least 5 mm induration Contacts of people with tuberculosis and who have a PPD reaction at least 5 mm induration People whose PPD reactions...
- that has filled with liquid instead of air. The condition is marked by induration (swelling or hardening of normally soft tissue) of a normally aerated...
- 0: no reaction, or induration of 3 or less puncture points; Grade 1: induration of four or more puncture points; Grade 2: induration of the six puncture...
- beyond the areas of induration (the hardened tissue) to remove the damaged blood vessels that are responsible for the induration. However, cellulitic...
- abscess may be limited, especially in cases with extensive overlying induration, but use of bedside ultrasonography performed by an experienced practitioner...