Eczema

Pronunciation

• RP IPA: /ˈɛɡzɪmÉ™/, /ˈɛksɪmÉ™/, /ˈɛksmÉ™/

Origin

From Ancient Greek ἔκζεμα, from ἐκ (ek, "out of, forth from") + ζέμα (zema, "that which is boiled, decoction"), from ζέω (zeo, "to boil, to seethe").

Full definition of eczema

Noun

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.

Hypernyms

• dermatitis

Derived terms

• eczematic
• eczematous