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‖ sclerema|sklɪəˈriːmə| Also scleremia. [mod.L. form of F. sclérème, f. Gr. σκληρ-ός hard, on the supposed analogy of œdème œdema. The form in -ia is due to assimilation to other names of diseases.] (See quot. 1858.) Also sclerema neonatorum [gen. pl. of mod.L. neonātus (cf. neonate)].
1858Mayne Expos. Lex., Sclerema, Scleremia, term for the hardening of the cellular tissue of new-born infants. 1879Khory Digest Med. 60 The skin has a peculiar marble⁓like feel in sclerema and in morphœa. 1889J. E. Graham in J. M. Keating Cycl. Diseases Children II. i. 90 Sclerema neonatorum..is distinguished by a peculiar, œdematous, corpse-like hardening of the skin. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 675 The genus ‘scleremia’, in which he included also the œdematous sclerema of infants. 1962Lancet 27 Jan. 226/1 Pneumonia, hæmorrhagic disease of the new-born, or sclerama neonatorum may be diagnosed. 1974Passmore & Robson Compan. Med. Stud. III. xlv. 31/1 The baby's rectal temperature..falls... He becomes less active, less hungry and less vocal. The skin reddens and grows cold and the subcutaneous tissue slowly becomes hard... This state is known as sclerema. |