| | Definition: | | \Rhi`no*scle*ro"ma\, n. [Rhino- + scleroma.]
(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. --J. V. Shoemaker.
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