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Scleroderma vs Scleroderm - What's the difference?

scleroderma | scleroderm |

As nouns the difference between scleroderma and scleroderm

is that scleroderma is (medicine) a chronic disease characterized by excessive deposits of collagen in the skin or other organs while scleroderm is (zoology) one of a tribe of plectognath fishes (sclerodermi) having the skin covered with hard scales, or plates, such as the cowfish and trunkfish.

scleroderma

English

(wikipedia scleroderma)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (medicine) A chronic disease characterized by excessive deposits of collagen in the skin or other organs.

    • scleroderm

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (zoology) One of a tribe of plectognath fishes (Sclerodermi) having the skin covered with hard scales, or plates, such as the cowfish and trunkfish.
  • (zoology) One of the Sclerodermata.
  • A hardened or bony integument of various animals.
    • (Webster 1913)