when lecturers try too hard

A recent jewel of usage in my lecture notes reads:
"In contradistinction to the localized forms of scleroderma....etc"

Um, how about 'in contrast to' . I know, it doesn't quite compare to the quasi-intellectual ring of 'contradistinction', but it's a better companion to the rather plebian text, riddled with ill-conceived modifiers and utterly lacking in niceties such as subject-verb agreements. I've been reading too many horrible examples of writing so far in the medical literature. At first, that was funny; now, it's just irritating.