Definition of Sclerema

1. n. Induration of the cellular tissue.

Definition of Sclerema

1. hardening of tissues [n -S]

Medical Definition of Sclerema

1. Induration of the cellular tissue. Sclerema of adults. See Scleroderma. Sclerema neonatorum [NL, of the newborn], an affection characterised by a peculiar hardening and rigidity of the cutaneous and subcutaneous tissues in the newly born. It is usually fatal. Synonym: skinbound disease. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Hard. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sclerema

scleral staphyloma
scleral sulcus
scleral veins
scleralization
scleralizations
scleras
sclere
sclerectasia
sclerectomy
scleredema
scleredema adultorum
scleregenous
sclereid
sclereids
sclerema (current term)
sclerema adiposum
sclerema neonatorum
scleremas
sclerencephaly
sclerenchymas
sclerenchymatous
sclerenchyme
scleres
sclereskeleton
scleriasis
sclerite
sclerites
scleritic

Literary usage of Sclerema

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Diseases of the skin by Richard Lightburn Sutton (1917)
"The cause of sclerema neonatorum is unknown. It occurs chiefly in large foundling asylums. ... Langer believes sclerema to be due to solidification of fat. ..."

2. A Practical Treatise on Diseases of the Skin by John Vietch Shoemaker (1890)
"If the stage of atrophy has begun, the normal condition of the surface will not return. sclerema NEONATORUM. SYNONYMS.—Scleroderma neonatorum—Induratio ..."

3. The Diseases of Children: A Work for the Practising Physician by Meinhard von Pfaundler, Arthur Schlossmann, Henry Larned Keith Shaw, Linnæus Edford La Fétra (1908)
"... occasionally occurs in children and even in young nurslings (Cruse, Neuman, et al.) has nothing in common with sclerema or scleroderma of the newborn. ..."

4. The Diseases of children by James Frederic Goodhart, George Frederic Still (1905)
"Gerhardt, attributing sclerema in great measure to lowering of the body temperature in feeble premature children, insists on the importance of ..."

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