rhinoscleromas

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