<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>The act of indurating.</li><li>The state of being indurated.</li><li>Geology: lithification.</li><li>Hardening of rock by heat or pressure.</li><li>Pathology: a hardening of an area of the body as a reaction to inflammation, hyperemia, or neoplastic infiltration.</li><li>An area or part of the body that has undergone such a reaction.</li></ul>