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Webster 1913 Edition
Sclerema
‖
Scle-re′ma
,Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr.
σκληρόσ
hard.] (Med.)
Induration of the cellular tissue.
Sclerema of adults
. See
– ‖Scleroderma
. Sclerema neonatorum
[NL., of the newborn]
, 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
.