eczema

• eczma (uncommon)

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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɛk.sɪm.ə/, /ˈɛks.mə/, /ˈɛɡ.zɪm.ə/, /ˈɛɡz.mə/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈzi.mə/, /ˈɛɡ.zəm.ə/, /ˈɛk.səm.ə/
• Rhymes: -ɛksɪmə, -ɛɡzɪmə, -iːmə

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

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 .

• “eczema”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “eczema”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

From Ancient Greek ἔκζεμα (ékzema).

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

eczema m (plural eczemi)

1. eczema

• eczematoso

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔκζεμᾰ (ékzemă).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɛɡ.zɛ.ma]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛɡ.d̪͡z̪e.ma]

eczema n (genitive eczematis); third declension

1. eczema

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

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

Learned borrowing from Latin eczema, from Ancient Greek ἔκζεμα (ékzema).

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

eczema m (plural eczemas)

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

• eczematoso

• “eczema”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “eczema”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “eczema”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2025
• “eczema”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “eczema”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025

• IPA^(key): [ekˈzema]

eczema f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of eczemă

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

eczema m (plural eczemas)

1. alternative spelling of eccema

• “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], 10 December 2024