eccema

• eczema

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”).

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

eccema m (plural eccemas)

1. (pathology) eczema

• “eccema”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024