eccema

Spanish

Alternative forms

• eczema

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔκζεμα (ékzema), from ἐκ (ek, “out of, forth from”) + ζέμα (zéma, “that which is boiled”), from ζέω (zéō, “to boil, to seethe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /eɡˈθema/ [eɣ̞ˈθe.ma]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /eɡˈsema/ [eɣ̞ˈse.ma]
• Rhymes: -ema
• Syllabification: ec‧ce‧ma

Noun

eccema m (plural eccemas)

1. (pathology) eczema

Derived terms

• eccematoso

 

Further reading

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