eczema

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See also: eczéma and eczemă

English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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

Usage notes

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 .

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Italian

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἔκζεμα (ékzema).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

eczema m (plural eczemi)

  1. eczema

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔκζεμᾰ (ékzema).

Pronunciation

Noun

eczema n (genitive eczematis); third declension

  1. eczema

Declension

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

singular plural
nominative eczema eczemata
genitive eczematis eczematum
dative eczematī eczematibus
accusative eczema eczemata
ablative eczemate eczematibus
vocative eczema eczemata

Descendants

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔκζεμα (ékzema).

Pronunciation

 

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

Noun

eczema m (plural eczemas)

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

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Romanian

Pronunciation

Noun

eczema f

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of eczemă

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

eczema m (plural eczemas)

  1. Alternative spelling of eccema

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