morphoea
/mɔːˈfiːə/(also morphea) Medicine
noun
Originally: = morphew. Now: specifically a form of scleroderma characterized by localized or circumscribed skin lesions; frequently with distinguishing word indicating the distribution or shape of lesions.
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in John Trevisa (c1342–?1402), translator. From post-classical Latin morphoea, morphea.