Scleroderma
noun, Pathology.
1.
a disease in which connective tissue anywhere in the body becomes hardened and rigid.
noun
1.
a chronic progressive disease most common among women, characterized by a local or diffuse thickening and hardening of the skin
scleroderma scle·ro·der·ma (sklēr’ə-dûr’mə)
n.
A pathological thickening and hardening of the skin caused by swelling and thickening of fibrous tissue. Also called dermatosclerosis.
See progressive systemic sclerosis.
scle’ro·der’ma·tous (-mə-təs)
scleroderma
(sklîr’ə-dûr’mə)
A connective tissue disease characterized by the deposition of fibrous tissue into the skin and often other organs, causing tissue hardening and thickening.
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