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DictionarySeeindurationcyanotic induration
induration [in″du-ra´shun] 1. the quality of being hard.2. the process of becoming hard; called also hardening and sclerosis.3. an abnormally hard spot or place. adj., adj indura´tive.black induration the hardening and pigmentation of the lung tissue seen in coal workers' pneumoconiosis.brown induration 1. a deposit of altered blood pigment in the lung in pneumonia.2. increase of the pulmonary connective tissue and excessive pigmentation, due to chronic congestion from valvular heart disease, or to anthracosis. See also gray induration.cyanotic induration hardening of an organ from chronic venous congestion.granular induration cirrhosis.gray induration induration of lung tissue in or after pneumonia, without the pigmentation seen in brown induration.red induration red, congested lung tissue seen in fibrosis" >idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.cy·a·not·ic in·du·ra·tioninduration related to persistent, chronic venous congestion in an organ or tissue, frequently resulting in fibrous thickening of the walls of the veins and eventual fibrosis of adjacent tissue; the affected tissue becomes firmer than normal, and tends to have an unusual, red-blue color.cy·a·not·ic in·du·ra·tion (sī'ă-not'ik in-dūr-ā'shŭn) Induration related to persistent, chronic venous congestion in an organ or tissue, frequently resulting in fibrous thickening of the walls of the veins and eventual fibrosis of adjacent tissue. |