dermatitis

See also: Dermatitis

English

Alternative forms

• dermitis

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δερματῖτις (dermatîtis), from δέρμα (dérma, “skin, hide”), from δέρω (dérō, “to skin, flay”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌdɜː(ɹ)m.əˈtaɪ.tɪs/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Noun

dermatitis (plural dermatitises or dermatitides or dermatites)

1. (pathology) Inflammation of the skin.

Hypernyms

• dermatosis

Hyponyms

• eczema (usually hyponymous, sometimes synonymous; see explanation)

Derived terms

• acarodermatitis
• acroangiodermatitis
• acrodermatitis
• actinodermatitis
• angiodermatitis
• antidermatitis
• atopic dermatitis
• berlock dermatitis
• berloque dermatitis
• chemical dermatitis
• Club Med dermatitis
• dermatitic
• dermatitis artefacta
• dermatitis bullosa striata pratensis
• dermatitis herpetiformis
• erythrodermatitis
• hypodermatitis
• meadow dermatitis
• meadow grass dermatitis
• neurodermatitis
• photodermatitis
• phytophotodermatitis
• pododermatitis
• radiodermatitis
• seaweed dermatitis

 

Translations

inflammation of the skin

• Asturian: dermatitis f
• Belarusian: дэрматы́т m (dermatýt)
• Catalan: dermatitis f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 皮膚炎／皮肤炎 (pei⁴ fu¹ jim⁴)

  Hokkien: 爛癬／烂癣 (zh-min-nan) (nōa-sián)

  Mandarin: 皮炎 (zh) (píyán), 皮膚炎／皮肤炎 (zh) (pífūyán)

• Czech: dermatitida (cs) f
• Finnish: ihotulehdus
• French: dermatite (fr) f
• Galician: dermatite (gl) f
• German: Dermatitis (de) f, Ausschlag (de) m
• Greek: δερματίτιδα (el) f (dermatítida)
• Hungarian: bőrgyulladás (hu)
• Italian: dermatite (it) f
• Malay: radang kulit, dermatitis
• Polish: zapalenie skóry (pl) n
• Portuguese: dermatite (pt) f
• Romanian: dermatită (ro) f
• Russian: дермати́т (ru) m (dermatít)
• Spanish: dermatitis (es) f, sarpullido (es)
• Tagalog: magambalat
• Ukrainian: дермати́т m (dermatýt)

See also

• rash

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δερματῖτις (dermatîtis).

Noun

dermatītis f (genitive dermatītidis); third declension

1. (New Latin, pathology) dermatitis

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dermatītis	dermatītidēs
Genitive	dermatītidis	dermatītidum
Dative	dermatītidī	dermatītidibus
Accusative	dermatītidem	dermatītidēs
Ablative	dermatītide	dermatītidibus
Vocative	dermatītis	dermatītidēs

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deɾmaˈtitis/ [d̪eɾ.maˈt̪i.t̪is]
• Rhymes: -itis
• Syllabification: der‧ma‧ti‧tis

Noun

dermatitis f (uncountable)

1. dermatitis

Further reading

• “dermatitis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014