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Definition: Sclerema
Sclerema
\Scle*re"ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. sklhro`s hard.] (Med.)
Induration of the cellular tissue.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]