eczema

See also eczéma

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἔκζεμα (ekzema), from ἐκ (ek, “out of, forth from”) + ζέμα (zema, “that which is boiled, decoction”), from ζέω (zeo, “to boil, to seethe”).

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈɛɡzɪmə/, /ˈɛksɪmə/, /ˈɛksmə/

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.

Hypernyms

• dermatitis

Derived terms

• eczematic
• eczematous

Translations

acute or chronic inflammation of the skin

• Arabic: أكزيما (ar) ('akziima) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 濕疹 (cmn), 湿疹 (cmn) (shīzhěn)

• Crimean Tatar: mayasıl
• Czech: ekzém (cs) m
• Danish: eksem (da) n and c
• Dutch: eczeem (nl)
• Esperanto: ekzemo
• Finnish: ekseema (fi), rohtuma (fi)
• French: eczéma (fr) m
• German: Ekzem (de) n
• Ido: ekzemo

• Italian: eczema (it) m
• Japanese: 湿疹 (ja) (しっしん, shisshin)
• Jèrriais: maladie d'la fontaine f
• Korean: 습진 (ko) (seupjin) (濕疹 (ko))
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: بیرۆ

• Polish: egzema f, wyprysk m
• Russian: экзема (ru) (ekzéma) f 
• Spanish: eczema (es) m, eccema (es) m
• Swedish: eksem (sv)
• Turkish: egzama (tr), mayasıl (tr)
• Volapük: käsem (vo)

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Italian

Wikipedia ^it

Noun

eczema m (plural eczemi)

1. eczema

Derived terms

• eczematoso

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Latin

Noun

eczema (genitive eczematis); n, third declension

1. eczema

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Wikipedia ^es

Noun

eczema m (plural eczemas)

1. Alternative spelling of eccema.