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Scleroderma

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Noun
  1. 1
    A chronic systemic autoimmune disease characterized by hardening the skin or other organs through excessive deposits of collagen. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    an autoimmune disease that affects the blood vessels and connective tissue; fibrous connective tissue is deposited in the skin wordnet

Etymology

From New Latin sclēroderma, from Ancient Greek σκληρός (sklērós, “hard”) + δέρμα (dérma, “skin, hide”). By surface analysis, sclero- + -derma.

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