Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A disease affecting principally the nose, but also the nasal passages, lips, and the pharynx, characterized by smooth nodular swellings of a red color and of a stony induration.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Med.) A rare disease of the skin, characterized by the development of very hard, more or less flattened, prominences, appearing first upon the nose and subsequently upon the neighboring parts, esp. the lips, palate, and throat.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun 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.

Etymologies

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rhino- +‎ scleroma

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