硬化

yìnghuà
  1. to harden
  2. (medicine) sclerosis
  3. (fig.) to become inflexible in one's opinions; to ossify

CEDICT

medicine

Entry Composition

1 硬 yìng
  1. hard; stiff; solid
  2. (fig.) strong; firm
  3. resolutely; uncompromisingly
  4. laboriously; with great difficulty
  5. good (quality); able (person)
  6. (of food) filling; substantial
2 化 huà
  1. to make into
  2. to change into
  3. -ization
  4. to ... -ize
  5. to transform
  6. abbr. for 化学 huàxué