rhinoscleroma

English

Etymology

From rhino- +‎ scleroma.

Noun

rhinoscleroma (plural rhinoscleromas or 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 […]