noun Pathology.
- a disease in which connective tissue anywhere in the body becomes hardened and rigid.
noun
- a chronic progressive disease most common among women, characterized by a local or diffuse thickening and hardening of the skin
n.1866, from Modern Latin, from Greek skleros “hard” (see sclerosis) + derma “skin” (see derma). Related: Sclerodermatous; sclerodermatic. n.
- A collagen disease characterized by the deposition of fibrous tissue into the skin and often other organs, causing tissue hardening and thickening.dermatosclerosis
- progressive systemic sclerosis
- A connective tissue disease characterized by the deposition of fibrous tissue into the skin and often other organs, causing tissue hardening and thickening.