scleroma

American

[skli-roh-muh] / sklɪˈroʊ mə /

noun

Pathology.

a tumorlike hardening of tissue.

scleroma British

/ sklɪəˈrəʊmə /

noun

pathol any small area of abnormally hard tissue, esp in a mucous membrane

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

scleromas

plural
scleromata

plural

Etymology

Origin of scleroma

From the Greek word sklḗrōma, dating back to 1675–85. See scler-, -oma

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