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Eczema

Ec′ze-ma

,
Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr.
ἔκζεμα
;
ἑκ
out +
ζεῖν
to boil.]
(Med.)
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin covered with crusts; – called also
tetter
,
milk crust
, and
salt rheum
.

Definition 2024

eczema

eczema

See also: eczéma

English

Noun

eczema ‎(countable and uncountable, plural eczemata or eczemas)

  1. An acute or chronic inflammation of the skin, characterized by redness, itching, and the outbreak of oozing vesicular lesions which become encrusted and scaly. It is noncontagious.

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Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἔκζεμα ‎(ékzema).

Noun

eczema m ‎(plural eczemi)

  1. eczema

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Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈek.ze.ma/, [ˈɛk.zɛ.ma]

Noun

eczema n ‎(genitive eczematis); third declension

  1. eczema

Portuguese

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἔκζεμα ‎(ékzema).

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ek.ˈze.mɐ/

Noun

eczema m (plural eczemas)

  1. (dermatology, pathology) eczema (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin)

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Spanish

Noun

eczema m ‎(plural eczemas)

  1. Alternative spelling of eccema

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἔκζεμα ‎(ékzema), from ἐκ ‎(ek, “out of, forth from”) + ζέμα ‎(zéma, “that which is boiled, decoction”), from ζέω ‎(zéō, “to boil, to seethe”).

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