Scleroma Definition

sklə-rōmə
scleromas, scleromata
noun
An abnormally hard patch of body tissue especially in the upper respiratory tract.
American Heritage Medicine
A hardening of bodily tissues; tumorlike induration.
Webster's New World

(medicine) Rhinoscleroma.

Wiktionary
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Other Word Forms of Scleroma

Noun

Singular:
scleroma
Plural:
scleromas, scleromata

Origin of Scleroma

  • New Latin from Greek sklērōma hardening from sklēroun to harden from sklēros hard

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Ancient Greek σκληρός (sklÄ“ros, “hard") +"Ž -oma.

    From Wiktionary

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