Rhinoscleroma

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rhinoscleroma \Rhi`no*scle*ro"ma\, n. [Rhino- + scleroma.]
     (Med.)
     A rare disease of the skin, characterized by the development
     of very hard, more or less flattened, prominences, appearing
     first upon the nose and subsequently upon the neighboring
     parts, esp. the lips, palate, and throat. --J. V. Shoemaker.


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