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 in·du·ra·tion /ˌɪndəˈreʃən, djə-/
 硬化,無情,頑固

 in·du·ra·tion /ˌɪnd(j)əˈreʃən/ 名詞
 硬結

 In·du·ra·tion n.
 1. The act of hardening, or the process of growing hard.
 2. State of being indurated, or of having become hard.
 3. Hardness of character, manner, sensibility, etc.; obduracy; stiffness; lack of pliancy or feeling.
    A certain induration of character had arisen from long habits of business.   --Coleridge.
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 induration
      n : any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue [syn: sclerosis]