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scleroderma

[ skleer-uh-dur-muh, skler- ]

noun

, Pathology.
  1. a disease in which connective tissue anywhere in the body becomes hardened and rigid.


scleroderma

/ ˌsklɪərəʊˈdɜːmə; sklɪˈraɪəsɪs; ˌsklɪərəʊˈdɜːmɪə /

noun

  1. a chronic progressive disease most common among women, characterized by a local or diffuse thickening and hardening of the skin
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


scleroderma

/ sklîr′ə-dûr /

  1. A connective tissue disease characterized by the deposition of fibrous tissue into the skin and often other organs, causing tissue hardening and thickening.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of scleroderma1

First recorded in 1865–70; sclero- + -derma
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Word History and Origins

Origin of scleroderma1

C19: from New Latin sclerōdermus, from Greek, from sklēros hard + derma skin
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Example Sentences

She has pulmonary hypertension, fibromyalgia and the connective tissue disease scleroderma.

Is there any difficulty in reaching a diagnosis in scleroderma?

In some instances such patches are seen in association with the more classic type of scleroderma just defined.

The prognosis of the variety known as morphœa is less unfavorable than general scleroderma, and recovery more frequent.

Allied to Scleroderma and distinguished by the cavities of the gleba containing distinct peridioles.

The genus Geaster does not appear in the collection, nor Scleroderma.

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