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Definitions: Scleroderma |
SclerodermaNoun1. An autoimmune disease that affects the blood vessels and connective tissue; fibrous connective tissue is deposited in the skin. 2. Genus of poisonous fungi having hard-skinned fruiting bodies: false truffles. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Scleroderma \Scler`o*der"ma\, noun. [New Latin]. (Websters 1913) |
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Health | A chronic disorder marked by hardening and thickening of the skin. Scleroderma can be localized or it can affect the entire body (systemic). (references) |
Medicine | A rare and sometimes fatal autoimmune skin-disease. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Scleroderma affects the skin, and in serious, life-threatening cases it affects the blood vessels and internal organs. The most evident symptom is the hardening of the skin. There is discoloration of the hands and feet in response to cold. The seriousness of the disease depends on which organs, if any, are affected. If the heart, lungs, or kidneys are affected, the disease is generally fatal.
There is no cure for scleroderma, though there is treatment for some of the symptoms, including drugs that soften the skin and reduce inflammation. Patients often benefit from exposure to heat.
The cause of the disease is unknown. The overproduction of collagen is thought to result from an autoimmune dysfunction.
Scleroderma affects approximately 300,000 people in the United States. It is four times as common in women than in men.
The Scleroderma Foundation is a leading organization dedicated to raising awareness of the disease and assisting those who are afflicted. Its national spokesperson is Jason Alexander.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Scleroderma."
Synonyms: SclerodermaSynonyms: dermatosclerosis (n), genus Scleroderma (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Scleroderma |
| English words defined with "scleroderma": earthball ♦ false truffle ♦ genus Scleroderma ♦ hard-skinned puffball ♦ morphea ♦ puffball ♦ Sclerema of adults, Scleriasis, Scleroderma aurantium, Scleroderma bovista, Scleroderma citrinum, Scleroderma flavidium, Scleroma. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "scleroderma": Antibodies, Antinuclear ♦ Mixed Connective Tissue Disease ♦ Scleroderma, Circumscribed, Scleroderma, Systemic. (references) |
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Health | Smooth muscle disorders such as amyloidosis and scleroderma. (references) | |
For example, some cytokines may contribute to the thickening of the skin that occurs in people with scleroderma. (references) | ||
Rheumatoid arthritis and scleroderma affect a higher percentage of residents in some Native American communities than in the general U.S. population. (references) | ||
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| "Scleroderma" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Scleroderma" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 7 | 133,076 |
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Expressions using "scleroderma": genus Scleroderma ♦ Scleroderma aurantium ♦ Scleroderma bovista ♦ Scleroderma citrinum ♦ Scleroderma flavidium. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "scleroderma"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Danish | dejagtig hud ved tidlig sclerodermi (bread-dough scleroderma). (various references) | ||||||||||
French | syndrome pseudosclérodermique (scleroderma-like syndrome), peau en mie de pain (bread-dough scleroderma). (various references) | ||||||||||
German | Brotteighaut (bread-dough scleroderma). (various references) | ||||||||||
Greek | ζυμώδες δέρμα σκληροδερμίας (bread-dough scleroderma). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | erodermasclay склеродермия. (various references) | ||||||||||
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Words beginning with "scleroderma": sclerodermas, sclerodermata. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "scleroderma" (pronounced skli'ruder"mu) |
| 4 | -d er" m u | Derma. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-e-l-m-o-r-r-s" | |
-2 letters: clamorers, coleaders, declarers, reloaders, remolades, sarcomere. | |
-3 letters: amercers, carolers, carromed, clamored, clamorer, clearers, coleader, comrades, corrades, cradlers, creamers, declarer, declares, demersal, dreamers, earldoms, emeralds, escarole, modelers, morseled, racemose, reclames, recoaled, redreams, reloader, remodels, remolade, rescaled, rescored, resolder, scleroma, screamed, screamer, seadrome, solderer, somedeal. | |
-4 letters: acerose, adorers, amerced, amercer, amerces, areoles, armored, cameoed, carders, careers, caroled, caroler, caromed, carrels, carroms, cereals, clamors, claroes, cleared, clearer, cleomes, coalers, coarser, coleads, comrade, corders, cormels, corrade, corrals, cradler, cradles, creamed, creamer, creased, creaser, creedal, creoles, damosel, dealers, decares, declare, dormers, dreamer, drosera, earldom, elodeas, emerald, emerods, escolar, larders, leaders, loaders, marcels, measled, medlars, melders, mercers, modeler, molders, morales, oedemas, oracles, ordeals, racemed, racemes, radomes, ramrods, readers, reamers, rearmed, reclame, recoals, recodes, records, redears, redream, relaced, relaces, reloads, remodel, remolds, remoras, remorse, rereads, reredos, rescale, rescore, resoled, roamers, scarred, sclerae, scolder, smeared, smearer, smolder, solaced, solacer. | |
-5 letters: adeems, adorer, adores, alders, aldose, ameers, amerce, amoles, ardors, areole, armers, armors, cadres, calmed, calmer, camels, cameos, carder, career, carers, carles, carols, caroms, carrel, carrom, ceased, cedars, ceders, celoms, ceorls, cereal, clades, clamor, claros, clears, cleome, closed, closer, coaled, coaler, coarse, coders, colder, colead, comade, comers, corals, corder, corers, cormel, corral, cradle, creams, crease, credal, credos, creeds, creels, cremes, creole, cresol, crores, damsel, darers, dealer, dearer, decals, decare, decors, dermal, dermas, dolmas, dormer, dorsal, dorsel, dorser, dreams, drears, edemas, elders, elodea, emerod, erased, eraser, erodes, lacers, laders, lameds, larder, larees, leader, leased, leaser, loader, loamed, macers, macled, macles, macros, madres, marcel, marled, marred, measle, medals, medlar, melder, mercer, merdes, merles, mescal, models, molars, molder, morale, morals, morels, morsel, ocreae, oedema, oracle, ordeal, orders, oreads, ormers, raceme, racers, radome, ramees, ramose, ramrod, reader, realer, reales, realms, reamed, reamer, reared, rearms, reclad, recoal, recode, record, redear, redoes, relace, reload, remade, remold, remora, reread, rerose, resale, reseal, reseda, resold, resole, roamed, roamer, roared, sacred, sarode, scaled, scaler, scared, scarer, sclera, scored, scorer, scream, screed, sealed, sealer, seamed, seamer, seared, searer, seldom, soared, soarer, solace, solder, sorrel. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-d-e-e-l-m-o-r-r-s" | |
+1 letter: sclerodermas. | |
+2 letters: sclerodermata. | |
+5 letters: chordamesodermal. | |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... -.-. .-.. . .-. --- -.. . .-. -- .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100011 01101100 01100101 01110010 01101111 01100100 01100101 01110010 01101101 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S c l e r o d e r m a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0063 006C 0065 0072 006F 0064 0065 0072 006D 0061 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5369787184817071847967 |
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