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Sclerema


Scle-re′ma

,
Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr.
σκληρόσ
hard.]
(Med.)
Induration of the cellular tissue.
Sclerema of adults
. – ‖
Sclerema neonatorum
[NL., of the newborn]
,
an affection characterized by a peculiar hardening and rigidity of the cutaneous and subcutaneous tissues in the newly born. It is usually fatal. Called also
skinbound disease
.

Definition 2024


sclerema

sclerema

English

Noun

sclerema (plural scleremas or scleremata)

  1. (medicine) induration of the cellular tissue