sclerema /scle·re·ma/ (sklĕ-re´mah) a severe, sometimes fatal disorder of adipose tissue occurring chiefly in preterm, sick, debilitated infants, manifested by induration of the involved tissue, causing the skin to become cold, yellowish white, mottled, boardlike, and inflexible.
scle·re·ma (skl -r  m)n. 1. Induration of the subcutaneous fat. 2. Sclerema neonatorum. |
sclerema
induration of the subcutaneous fat.
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