eczema
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin eczema, from Ancient Greek ἔκζεμᾰ (ékzemă, “cutaneous eruption”), from ἐκζέω (ekzéō, “to boil out, break out”) + -μᾰ (-mă, nominal suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɛk.sɪm.ə/, /ˈɛks.mə/, /ˈɛɡ.zɪm.ə/, /ˈɛɡz.mə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) Audio (Southern England): (file) Audio (Southern England): (file) Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ɪɡˈzi.mə/, /ˈɛɡ.zəm.ə/, /ˈɛk.səm.ə/
- Rhymes: -ɛksɪmə, -ɛɡzɪmə, -iːmə
Noun
[edit]eczema (countable and uncountable, plural eczemata or eczemas)
- (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.
- (usually) Synonym of atopic dermatitis
- Hypernym: dermatitis
- (sometimes) Synonym of dermatitis
- Hypernym: dermatosis
- (usually) Synonym of atopic dermatitis
Usage notes
[edit]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 .
Derived terms
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References
[edit]- “eczema”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “eczema”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek ἔκζεμα (ékzema).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]eczema m (plural eczemi)
Derived terms
[edit]Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔκζεμᾰ (ékzemă).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈeɡ.ze.ma/, [ˈɛɡd̪͡z̪ɛmä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈeɡ.d͡ze.ma/, [ˈɛɡd̪͡z̪emä]
Noun
[edit]eczema n (genitive eczematis); third declension
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
singular | plural | |
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nominative | eczema | eczemata |
genitive | eczematis | eczematum |
dative | eczematī | eczematibus |
accusative | eczema | eczemata |
ablative | eczemate | eczematibus |
vocative | eczema | eczemata |
Descendants
[edit]Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔκζεμα (ékzema).
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -emɐ
- Hyphenation: ec‧ze‧ma
Noun
[edit]eczema m (plural eczemas)
- (dermatology, pathology) eczema (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin)
Derived terms
[edit]Romanian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]eczema f
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /eɡˈθema/ [eɣ̞ˈθe.ma]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /eɡˈsema/ [eɣ̞ˈse.ma]
- Rhymes: -ema
- Syllabification: ec‧ze‧ma
Noun
[edit]eczema m (plural eczemas)
- Alternative spelling of eccema
Further reading
[edit]- “eczema”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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