eczema

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eczema

/ˈɛk.sɪm.ə/ UK
/ˈɛks.mə/ UK
/ˈɛɡ.zɪm.ə/ UK
/ˈɛɡz.mə/ UK
/ɪɡˈzi.mə/ US
/ˈɛɡ.zəm.ə/ US
/ˈɛk.səm.ə/ US

Rhymes with -ɛksɪmə, -ɛɡzɪmə, -iːmə

Where it comes from

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

noun eczemata · eczemas · eczma

countable, uncountable, usually Synonym of atopic dermatitis.
Similar: atopic dermatitis
countable, sometimes, uncountable Synonym of dermatitis.
Similar: dermatitis

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: dermatitis, impetiginous, rash, nummular, ekzema, eczematization, epidermitis, atopic dermatitis, eczema madidans, erythroderma, exanthesis, id reaction, erythrodermatitis, epidermolysis, eruption, xeroderma

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noun acute or chronic inflammation of the skin

Español	eczema, eccema
한국어	습진 seupjin
日本語	湿疹 shisshin
中文	濕疹 /溼疹 /湿疹 shīzhěn
Português	eczema
Français	eczéma, exéma
Deutsch	Ekzem, Flechte
Italiano	eczema
Română	eczemă
Русский	экзе́ма ekzɛ́ma
العربية	أَكْزِيمَا ʔakzīmā

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@misc{eczema_2026,
  title = {eczema},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/eczema},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}