induration

Other forms: indurations

Definitions of induration

1. noun

   any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue
   synonyms: sclerosis

   types:

   MS, disseminated multiple sclerosis, disseminated sclerosis, multiple sclerosis

   a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers

   ALS, Lou Gehrig's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

   thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord; results in progressive muscle atrophy that starts in the limbs

   arteriolosclerosis

   sclerosis of the arterioles

   arterial sclerosis, arteriosclerosis, coronary-artery disease, hardening of the arteries, induration of the arteries

   sclerosis of the arterial walls

   osteosclerosis

   abnormal hardening or eburnation of bone

   atherosclerosis, coronary artery disease

   a stage of arteriosclerosis involving fatty deposits (atheromas) inside the arterial walls, thus narrowing the arteries

   arteriosclerosis obliterans

   a stage of arteriosclerosis involving closure of blood vessels

   type of:

   pathology

   any deviation from a healthy or normal condition