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Sclerema (medicine)


sclerema
<medicine> Induration of the cellular tissue. Sclerema of adults. See Scleroderma. Sclerema neonatorum [NL, of the newborn], an affection characterised by a peculiar hardening and rigidity of the cutaneous and subcutaneous tissues in the newly born. It is usually fatal.

Synonym: skinbound disease.

Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Hard.

Source: Websters Dictionary