eczema

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eczema

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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɛk.sɪm.ə/, /ˈɛks.mə/, /ˈɛɡ.zɪm.ə/, /ˈɛɡz.mə/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈzi.mə/, /ˈɛɡ.zəm.ə/, /ˈɛk.səm.ə/
• Rhymes: -ɛksɪmə, -ɛɡzɪmə, -iːmə

eczema (countable and uncountable, plural eczemata or eczemas)

1. (biology, medicine) 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.
   1. (usually) Synonym of atopic dermatitis

      Hypernym: dermatitis

   2. (sometimes) Synonym of dermatitis

      Hypernym: dermatosis

Usually, the word eczema refers to a specific kind of dermatitis, although the definitions of eczema and dermatitis are not universally standardized. For an explanation, see Dermatitis § Terminology on WikipediaWikipedia .

• “eczema”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “eczema”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

eczema

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From Ancient Greek ἔκζεμα (ékzema).

• IPA^(key): /ekˈd͡zɛ.ma/
• Rhymes: -ɛma
• Hyphenation: ec‧zè‧ma

eczema m (plural eczemi)

1. eczema

• eczematoso

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔκζεμᾰ (ékzema).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈeɡ.ze.ma/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈeɡ.d͡ze.ma/,

eczema n (genitive eczematis); third declension

1. eczema

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

• → English: eczema (learned)
• → Ukrainian: екзе́ма (ekzéma) (learned)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔκζεμα (ékzema).

• Rhymes: -emɐ
• Hyphenation: ec‧ze‧ma

eczema m (plural eczemas)

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

• eczematoso

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eczema f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of eczemă

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

eczema

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• IPA^(key): (Spain) /eɡˈθema/
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /eɡˈsema/
• Rhymes: -ema
• Syllabification: ec‧ze‧ma

eczema m (plural eczemas)

1. Alternative spelling of eccema

• “eczema”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16