| harden | 1. To make hard or harder; to make firm or compact; to indurate; as, to harden clay or iron. 2. To accustom by labour or suffering to endure with constancy; to strengthen; to stiffen; to inure; also, to confirm in wickedness or shame; to make unimpressionable. "Harden not your heart." "I would harden myself in sorrow." (Job vi. 10) Origin: OE. Hardnen, hardenen. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| Harden-Young ester | D-fructose 1,6-bisphosphate;important intermediate in sugar metabolism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hardened pelvis | A condition in which the true pelvis is indurated throughout, especially by carcinoma. Synonym: hardened pelvis. (05 Mar 2000) |