||Scle*re"ma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr.
sklhro`s hard.] (Med.) Induration of the
cellular tissue.
Sclerema of adults. See
Scleroderma. -- ||Sclerema neonatorum
(?) [NL., of the newborn], an affection characterized by a
peculiar hardening and rigidity of the cutaneous and subcutaneous
tissues in the newly born. It is usually fatal. Called also
skinbound disease.