sclerodermian.
/sklɪərəʊˈdəːmɪə/ Pathology.
= scleroderma n.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [noun] > hardening or thickening
callosity?a1425
callousness1634
imperspirability1745
hyperkeratosis1841
scleroderma1873
sclerodermia1873
parakeratosis1885
acanthosis1887
tylosis1890
lichenification1892
sclerœdema1932
1873 A. Flint Treat. Princ. Med. (ed. 4) 720 The affection called scleroderma or sclerema, also sclerodermia and scleremia, may be here noticed.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 675 In sclerodermia the most marked character is a peculiar hard stiffening and immobility of the skin.
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