rhinoscleromaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

rhinoscleroma ‎(複数形 rhinoscleromas または 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 […]