Sclerema

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

  Sclerema \Scle*re"ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. sklhro`s hard.] (Med.)
     Induration of the cellular tissue.
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     {Sclerema of adults}. See {Scleroderma}.
  


     {Sclerema neonatorum}[NL., of the newborn], 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}.
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