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Eczema

//ˈɛk.sɪm.ə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A non-contagious acute or chronic inflammation of the skin, characterized by redness, itching, and the outbreak of oozing vesicular lesions which become encrusted and scaly.; Synonym of atopic dermatitis. countable, uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    generic term for inflammatory conditions of the skin; particularly with vesiculation in the acute stages wordnet
  3. 3
    A non-contagious acute or chronic inflammation of the skin, characterized by redness, itching, and the outbreak of oozing vesicular lesions which become encrusted and scaly.; Synonym of dermatitis. countable, sometimes, uncountable

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin eczema, from Ancient Greek ἔκζεμᾰ (ékzemă, “cutaneous eruption”), from ἐκζέω (ekzéō, “to boil out, break out”) + -μᾰ (-mă, nominal suffix).

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