eczema

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Scrabble points
19
Words With Friends
21
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈɛk.sɪm.ə/
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/ˈɛk.sɪm.ə/ · /ˈɛks.mə/ · /ˈɛɡ.zɪm.ə/ · /ˈɛɡz.mə/ · /ɪɡˈzi.mə/ · /ˈɛɡ.zəm.ə/ · /ˈɛk.səm.ə/

Definition of eczema

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable, usually)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.
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable, usually)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.
  2. (countable, sometimes, uncountable)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.

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Etymology

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

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