INDURATION
induration
Noun
- Hardness.
- Process of becoming hard.
- Hardening of an area of the body as a reaction to inflammation, hyperemia, or neoplastic infiltration.
- 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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