rhinoscleroma

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word rhinoscleroma. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word rhinoscleroma, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say rhinoscleroma in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word rhinoscleroma you have here. The definition of the word rhinoscleroma will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofrhinoscleroma, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

Etymology

From rhino- +‎ scleroma.

Noun

rhinoscleroma (plural rhinoscleromas or rhinoscleromata)

  1. (medicine) A rare skin disease with very hard, more or less flattened, prominences, appearing first upon the nose and subsequently upon the neighboring parts, especially the lips, palate, and throat.
    • 1909, John Vietch Shoemaker, A practical treatise on diseases of the skin:
      The diagnosis of rhinoscleroma is often rendered very difficult, owing to the great resemblance between it and lupus []