‖ scleroma Path.
(sklɪəˈrəʊmə)
Also anglicized sclerome.
[mod.L., a. Gr. σκλήρωµα, f. σκληροῦν to harden, f. σκληρό-ς hard: see -oma.]
= scleriasis 1.
| [1684 tr. Blancard's Phys. Dict., Scleroma, the same (as Scleriasis). 1823 Crabb Technol. Dict., Scleroma (Med.) or scleromis,..a hard tumour, or induration.] 1857 Goodsir in Edinb. New Philos. Jrnl. V. 122 For the entire frame⁓work of an Entomasome..I employ the term Sclerome. Ibid. 123 The source and mode of origin of the Sclerome in the Vertebrate Embryo. 1858 Mayne Expos. Lex., Scleroma,..a sclerome. 1874 Bucknill & Tuke Man. Psych. Med. Insanity 530 The term scleroma or scleriasis has indeed very properly been substituted for that of cirrhosis, which refers to the colour of the diseased liver, and is obviously inappropriate to designate an analogous change in the brain or spinal cord. 1899 Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 889 Hence the name rhinoscleroma is not strictly correct, and some authors, as Paultof, speak of scleroma simply. |