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eczema

See also: eczéma and eczemă

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Etymology

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

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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

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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

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From Ancient Greek ἔκζεμα (ékzema).

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

Noun

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eczema m (plural eczemi)

  1. eczema

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Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔκζεμᾰ (ékzema).

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Noun

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eczema n (genitive eczematis); third declension

  1. eczema

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

Case Singular Plural
Nominative eczema eczemata
Genitive eczematis eczematum
Dative eczematī eczematibus
Accusative eczema eczemata
Ablative eczemate eczematibus
Vocative eczema eczemata

Descendants

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

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔκζεμα (ékzema).

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

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eczema m (plural eczemas)

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

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Romanian

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eczema f

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of eczemă

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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eczema m (plural eczemas)

  1. Alternative spelling of eccema

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