Etymology

scleroma

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Today it means: induration of the tissues Full definition →

Ancient Greek σκληρός
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσκληρός“hard”
  2. English todayscleroma

From Ancient Greek σκληρός (sklērós, “hard”) + -oma.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekσκληρός all →

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