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scleroderma

scleroderma noun: a chronic systemic autoimmune disease characterized by hardening the skin or other organs through excessive deposits of collagen.

Noun

scleroderma (countable and uncountable, plural sclerodermas)

  1. A chronic systemic autoimmune disease characterized by hardening the skin or other organs through excessive deposits of collagen.

scleroderma meaning in Tamil and Kannada

scleroderma in Tamil

தோல் தடிப்பு

scleroderma in Kannada

ತೊಗಲುಕುತ್ತ, ತೊಗಲುಬೇನೆ, ಒಣದೊಗಲು, ತೊಗಲುಕಲೆ

Synonyms of scleroderma

Forms of scleroderma

pluralsclerodermas

Origin of scleroderma

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

Words formed from scleroderma

Questions about scleroderma

What does scleroderma mean?
Scleroderma means a chronic systemic autoimmune disease characterized by hardening the skin or other organs through excessive deposits of collagen.
What is scleroderma in Tamil?
Scleroderma in Tamil is தோல் தடிப்பு. See Scleroderma meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is scleroderma?
Scleroderma is a noun.
What is the plural of scleroderma?
The plural of scleroderma is sclerodermas.

Words near scleroderma in the dictionary

  1. sclerocyte
  2. sclerocytes
  3. sclerocytic
  4. sclerodactyly
  5. scleroderm
  6. scleroderma
  7. sclerodermal
  8. sclerodermas
  9. sclerodermataceous
  10. sclerodermatoid
  11. sclerodermatous

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scleroderma (page history and authors); scleroderma (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); scleroderma (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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