eczema

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”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɡzɪmə/, /ˈɛksɪmə/, /ˈɛksmə/
• (Canada, US) IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈzimə/

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.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἔκζεμα (ékzema).

Noun

eczema m (plural eczemi)

1. eczema

Pronunciation

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

Noun

eczema n (genitive eczematis); third declension

1. eczema

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)

Noun

eczema m (plural eczemas)

1. Alternative spelling of eccema