Sclerema
Sclerema , noun
[New Latin, from Greek sklhro`s hard.]
(Medicine) Induration of the cellular tissue.
Collocations (2)
Sclerema of adults , See Scleroderma.
Sclerema neonatorum , 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.