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rhinoscleroma

rhinoscleroma noun: a rare skin disease with very hard, more or less flattened, prominences, appearing first upon the nose and subsequently upon the neighboring parts, especially the lips, palate, and throat.

Noun

rhinoscleroma (plural rhinoscleromas or rhinoscleromata)

  1. A rare skin disease with very hard, more or less flattened, prominences, appearing first upon the nose and subsequently upon the neighboring parts, especially the lips, palate, and throat.
    • The diagnosis of rhinoscleroma is often rendered very difficult, owing to the great resemblance between it and lupus […]1909, John Vietch Shoemaker, A practical treatise on diseases of the skin

Forms of rhinoscleroma

pluralrhinoscleromas
pluralrhinoscleromata

Origin of rhinoscleroma

From rhino- + scleroma.

Questions about rhinoscleroma

What does rhinoscleroma mean?
Rhinoscleroma means a rare skin disease with very hard, more or less flattened, prominences, appearing first upon the nose and subsequently upon the neighboring parts, especially the lips, palate, and throat.
What part of speech is rhinoscleroma?
Rhinoscleroma is a noun.
What is the plural of rhinoscleroma?
The plural of rhinoscleroma is rhinoscleromas.

Words near rhinoscleroma in the dictionary

  1. rhinorrhoeal
  2. rhinorrhoeas
  3. rhinorrhœa
  4. rhinorrhœal
  5. rhinos
  6. rhinoscleroma
  7. rhinoscleromas
  8. rhinoscleromata
  9. rhinoscope
  10. rhinoscopes
  11. rhinoscopic

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