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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

induration

/in-doo-rey-shuhn, -dyoo-/US // ˌɪn dʊˈreɪ ʃən, -dyʊ- //

变色,气化,压痕,缩孔

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of indurating.
    • : the state of being indurated.
    • : Geology. lithification. hardening of rock by heat or pressure.
    • : Pathology. a 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.

Examples

  • Induration of the lungs (tuberculosis) was regarded as incurable.

  • We must not omit that union of the parts of bodies which is the principal cause of induration and desiccation.

  • It was attempted to relieve this induration by emollient fomentations.

  • The essential symptoms are œdema and a variable degree of hardness and induration.

  • Moral independence for the adult means arrest of growth, isolation means induration.

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