Definition of Scleredema

1. Noun. A skin disease marked by hard edema of the tissue usually beginning in the face.

Generic synonyms: Dropsy, Edema, Hydrops, Oedema

Medical Definition of Scleredema

1. Hard nonpitting oedema of the skin of the dorsal aspect of the upper body and extremities, giving a waxy appearance and no sharp demarcation; seen in diabetics and in scleredema adultorum. Origin: scler-+ G. Oidema, a swelling (oedema) (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scleredema

scleral resection
scleral rigidity
scleral ring
scleral roll
scleral spur
scleral staphyloma
scleral sulcus
scleral veins
scleralization
scleralizations
scleras
sclere
sclerectasia
sclerectomy
scleredema (current term)
scleredema adultorum
scleregenous
sclereid
sclereids
sclerema
sclerema adiposum
sclerema neonatorum
scleremas
sclerencephaly
sclerenchymas
sclerenchymatous
sclerenchyme
scleres

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