indurated
Rendered firmly solid
Indurated means hardened, especially in medical and technical contexts.
Tissue becomes indurated when it hardens abnormally from inflammation, disease, or repeated exposure: The skin around the injection site was indurated.
Figuratively, someone indurated has become hardened emotionally or morally—calloused against feeling: years of cruelty had left him indurated to suffering.
Hardened by calcium deposits
- ossifiedTurned hard, inflexible
- solidifiedMade firm, not fluid
- stiffenedMade or became rigid
- rigidifiedMade stiff and unbending
cemented · fossilized · crystallized · tempered · annealed · vitrified · congealed · lithified
Pressed into less space
- cementedFastened with lasting adhesion
- compressedReduced by pressure
- fusedJoined by melting together
- coalescedCombined into single mass
amalgamated · unified · merged · stabilized · densified · agglomerated · concreted · cohered
Made tough or unfeeling
- steeledHardened one's resolve
- toughenedMade more durable
- unfeelingWithout compassion or emotion
- unmovedNot stirred physically/emotionally
impassive · inured · desensitized · callous · emotionless · cold · numb · stoic
calcified
Hardened by calcium deposits
- ossifiedTurned hard, inflexible
- solidifiedMade firm, not fluid
- stiffenedMade or became rigid
rigidified · cemented · fossilized · crystallized · tempered · annealed · vitrified · congealed · lithified · mineralized
compacted
Pressed into less space
- cementedFastened with lasting adhesion
- compressedReduced by pressure
- fusedJoined by melting together
coalesced · amalgamated · unified · merged · stabilized · densified · agglomerated · concreted · cohered · solidified
hardened
Made tough or unfeeling
unmoved · impassive · inured · desensitized · callous · emotionless · cold · numb · stoic · detached
thickened
Made more dense
coarse · gnarled · blistered · corns · chapped · cracked · scarred · keratinized · toughened · plantar
sclerotic
Hardened, unable to change
pathological · chronic · inflamed · necrotic · ulcerated · granulomatous · tumorous · scarified · thickened · chancre
induratedsoftened
Made less severe
tender · compassionate · sensitive · tender-hearted · soft-hearted
during, endure, enduring, durable, duration, endurance, durability, endures, duress