全ぜん身しん性せい硬こう化か症しょう

noun

systemic sclerosis

Medical term for a chronic autoimmune connective tissue disease characterized by hardening of the skin and internal organs. Also known as scleroderma.

• 全ぜん身しん性せい硬こう化か症しょうは、皮ひ膚ふや内ない臓ぞうが硬かたくなる病びょう気きです。

  Systemic sclerosis is a disease in which the skin and internal organs become hardened.