scleroderma
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See also: Scleroderma
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Etymology[edit]
From New Latin sclēroderma, from Ancient Greek σκληρός (sklērós, “hard”) + δέρμα (dérma, “skin, hide”). By surface analysis, sclero- + -derma.
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scleroderma (countable and uncountable, plural sclerodermas)
- (medicine) A chronic systemic autoimmune disease characterized by hardening the skin or other organs through excessive deposits of collagen.
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disease
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