Sclerema /(?)/
Scle·re·ma
Sclerema
n.
- Induration of the cellular tissue. (Med.)
Phrases & Compounds
- 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.