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Webster 1913 Edition
Rhinoscleroma
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Rhiˊno-scle-ro′ma
,Noun.
[
Rhino-
+ scleroma
.] (Med.)
A rare disease of the skin, characterized by the development of very hard, more or less flattened, prominences, appearing first upon the nose and subsequently upon the neighboring parts, esp. the lips, palate, and throat.
J. V. Shoemaker.
Definition 2024
rhinoscleroma
rhinoscleroma
English
Noun
rhinoscleroma (plural rhinoscleromas or rhinoscleromata)
- (medicine) A rare skin disease with very hard, more or less flattened, prominences, appearing first upon the nose and subsequently upon the neighboring parts, especially the lips, palate, and throat.
- 1909, John Vietch Shoemaker, A practical treatise on diseases of the skin
- The diagnosis of rhinoscleroma is often rendered very difficult, owing to the great resemblance between it and lupus […]
- 1909, John Vietch Shoemaker, A practical treatise on diseases of the skin