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单词 indurate
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Definition of indurate in English:

indurate

verb ˈɪndjʊreɪtˈɪnd(j)əˌreɪt
[with object]usually as adjective indurated
  • Harden.

    a bed of indurated clay
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Crab fossils were found within the lowest portion of the exposed Bahariya Formation in a blue-gray indurated shale.
    • If deep tissue damage is also present, the area may be indurated or boggy when palpated.
    • Moxa can be used on areas with poor muscle and skin tone (may be found within the same muscle that has indurated triggers) and to vitalize deficient channels.
    • The rocks have been intensely deformed and sheared and the calcareous conglomeratic sandstones are well indurated.
    • Most exhibit little surface change and are indurated on palpation.
    • Sandstone is indurated sand, composed of silicilastic grains bound together by chemically precipitated cement or a recrystallized matrix of fine sediment.
    Synonyms
    solidify, set, become hard, become solid, congeal, clot, coagulate, stiffen, thicken, cake, freeze, bake, crystallize
    toughen, desensitize, inure, make insensitive, make tough, make unfeeling, case-harden, harden someone's heart

Derivatives

  • induration

  • noun ɪndjʊˈreɪʃ(ə)nˌɪnd(j)əˈreɪʃ(ə)n
    • An infected pressure ulcer may be characterized by erythema, edema, induration, and purulent or foul-smelling drainage.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Careful physical examination may reveal unsuspected or unmentioned cutaneous erythema, induration, ulceration or drainage.
      • This substantiates its folk use for indurations and/or tumors of the abdomen, eyes and liver.
      • Clinicians should note that surface-level infection does not manifest as erythema, edema, and induration of the surrounding tissue.
      • Severe local reactions (defined as edema or induration >120 mm) occurred after 1% of vaccinations.
      • Squamous cell carcinoma lesions vary in appearance and usually appear as dull, red lesions with scaling and induration.
  • indurative

  • adjective
    • Changes of peripheral extremities: red palms and soles; indurative oedema; desquamation of finger tips during convalescence

Origin

Mid 16th century (earlier Middle English) as induration: from Latin indurat- 'made hard', from the verb indurare (based on durus 'hard').

 
 

Definition of indurate in US English:

indurate

verbˈind(y)əˌrātˈɪnd(j)əˌreɪt
[with object]usually as adjective indurated
  • Harden.

    a bed of indurated clay
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Sandstone is indurated sand, composed of silicilastic grains bound together by chemically precipitated cement or a recrystallized matrix of fine sediment.
    • Most exhibit little surface change and are indurated on palpation.
    • If deep tissue damage is also present, the area may be indurated or boggy when palpated.
    • The rocks have been intensely deformed and sheared and the calcareous conglomeratic sandstones are well indurated.
    • Crab fossils were found within the lowest portion of the exposed Bahariya Formation in a blue-gray indurated shale.
    • Moxa can be used on areas with poor muscle and skin tone (may be found within the same muscle that has indurated triggers) and to vitalize deficient channels.
    Synonyms
    solidify, set, become hard, become solid, congeal, clot, coagulate, stiffen, thicken, cake, freeze, bake, crystallize
    toughen, desensitize, inure, make insensitive, make tough, make unfeeling, case-harden, harden someone's heart

Origin

Mid 16th century (earlier Middle English) as induration: from Latin indurat- ‘made hard’, from the verb indurare (based on durus ‘hard’).

 
 
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