scleroderma in British English
(ˌsklɪərəʊˈdɜːmə), sclerodermia (ˌsklɪərəʊˈdɜːmɪə) or scleriasis (sklɪˈraɪəsɪs)
nouna chronic progressive disease most common among women, characterized by a local or diffuse thickening and hardening of the skin
Word origin
C19: from New Latin
sclerōdermus, from Greek, from
sklēros hard +
derma skin