Crossword-Solution: SCLERODERMA
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Scleroderma | n. | A disease of adults, characterized by a diffuse rigidity and hardness of the skin. |
We have 3 clues for the answer “SCLERODERMA”
| Clue | Answers |
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| HARD skin | 1 answer |
| a disease marked by hardening of skin | 1 answer |
| systemic sclerosis | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
ZEMEAC
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eruption
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Sentences with SCLERODERMA (5)
Such epidermic anomalies as ichthyosis, scleroderma, and molluscum simplex, sometimes appearing shortly after birth, but generally seen later in life, will be spoken of in the chapter on Anomalous Skin Diseases.
Diffuse symmetric scleroderma, or hide-bound disease, is quite rare, and presents itself in two phases: that of infiltration (more properly called hypertrophy) and atrophy, caused by shrinkage.
The atrophic type of scleroderma is preceded by an edema, and from pressure-atrophy of the fat and muscles the skin of the face is strained over the bones; the lips are shortened, the gums shrink from the teeth and lead to caries, and the nostrils are compressed.
Although regarded by many as a disease distinct from scleroderma, morphea is best described as a circumscribed scleroderma, and presents itself in two clinical aspects: patches and bands, the patches being the more common.
Scleroderma neonatorum is an induration of the skin, congenital and occurring soon after birth, and is invariably fatal.