'Skinbound disease' definitions:
Definition of 'Skinbound disease'
From: GCIDE
- Skinbound \Skin"bound`\, a. Having the skin adhering closely and rigidly to the flesh; hidebound. [1913 Webster]
- Skinbound disease. (Med.) See Sclerema neonatorum, under Sclerema. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'skinbound disease'
From: GCIDE
- Sclerema \Scle*re"ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. sklhro`s hard.] (Med.) Induration of the cellular tissue. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]