eczema en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈɛɡ.zəm.ə/ (General-American)
- /ˈɛk.sɪm.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ɪɡˈzi.mə/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈɛɡz.mə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
- (General-American) audio
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈɛk.səm.ə/ (General-American)
- /ˈɛks.mə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈɛɡ.zɪm.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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).
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable, usually) 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, sometimes, uncountable) 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.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| eczemata | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| eczma | alternative, uncommon | lexicographic | |
| eczemas | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
eczematous · eczema marginatum · atopic eczema · eczematoid · eczemic · eczema madidans · eczema rubrum · eczematization · antieczema · eczematic · housewife's eczema · eczema-thrombocytopenia-immunodeficiency syndrome · eczemalike
Hypernyms
Synonyms
dermatitis · atopic dermatitis
Translations (59)
nb eksem (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin) · nn eksem (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin) · mi pāpaka (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin) · fr eczéma (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin) · da eksem (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin) · de Ekzem (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin) · fi rohtuma (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin) · is exem (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin) · ro eczemă (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin) · fr exéma (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin) · uk екзе́ма (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin) · nl eczema (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin) · nan-hbl 爛癬 /烂癣 (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin) · ckb بیرۆ (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin) · fi ekseema (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin) · pl wyprysk (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin) · be экзэ́ма (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin) · hak 濕疹 /溼疹 /湿疹 (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin) · tr mayasıl (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin) · nan-hbl 濕癬 /溼癬 /湿癣 (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin) · pl egzema (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin) · cmn 濕疹 /溼疹 /湿疹 (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin) · cs ekzém (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin) · vo käsem (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin) · tr egzama (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin) · mi hare (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin) · cs lišej (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin) · ar أَكْزِيمَا (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin) · mi harehare (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin) · hu ekcéma (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin) · it eczema (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin) · ms ekzema (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin) · id eksem (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin) · io ekzemo (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin) · grc ἔκζεμα (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin) · nan-hbl 濕疹 /溼疹 /湿疹 (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin) · bn বিখাউজ (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin) · de Flechte (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin) · es eczema (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin) · ceb yabon (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin) · pt eczema (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin) · nl eczeem (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin) · es eccema (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin) · ota مایاسیل (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin) · nrf maladie d'la fontaine (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin) · ml എക്സിമ (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin) · ko 습진 (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin) · tum cimasa (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin) · yue 濕疹 /溼疹 /湿疹 (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin) · ja 湿疹 (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin) · crh mayasıl (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin) · ru экзе́ма (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin) · gl eccema (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin) · izh täitarha (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin) · bn উকা (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin) · bn কাউর (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin) · sv eksem (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin) · jam fassy (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin) · eo ekzemo (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin)