# eczema
## English
### 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).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈɛk.sɪm.ə/, /ˈɛks.mə/, /ˈɛɡ.zɪm.ə/, /ˈɛɡz.mə/
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* (General American) IPA: /ɪɡˈzi.mə/, /ˈɛɡ.zəm.ə/, /ˈɛk.səm.ə/
* Rhymes: -ɛksɪmə, -ɛɡzɪmə, -iːmə

### Noun

eczema (countable and uncountable, plural eczemata or eczemas)
* (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.
** (usually) Synonym of atopic dermatitis
    Hypernym: dermatitis
** (sometimes) Synonym of dermatitis
    Hypernym: dermatosis

#### Usage notes

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 .

#### Derived terms

* antieczema
* atopic eczema
* eczemalike
* eczema madidans
* eczema rubrum
* eczematic
* eczematization
* eczematoid
* eczematous
* eczemic
* housewife's eczema

#### Translations
### References

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

## Italian
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἔκζεμα (ékzema).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ekˈd͡zɛ.ma/
* Rhymes: -ɛma
* Hyphenation: ec‧zè‧ma

### Noun

eczema m (plural eczemi)
* eczema

#### Derived terms

* eczematoso

## Latin
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔκζεμᾰ (ékzemă).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈeɡ.ze.ma/, [ˈɛɡd̪͡z̪ɛmä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈeɡ.d͡ze.ma/, [ˈɛɡd̪͡z̪emä]

### Noun

eczema n (genitive eczematis); third declension
* eczema

#### Declension

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

#### Descendants

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

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔκζεμα (ékzema).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /eɡˈzẽ.mɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /eɡˈzẽ.mɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /eɡˈze.ma/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɛˈkze.mɐ/, /eˈkze.mɐ/
* Rhymes: -emɐ
* Hyphenation: ec‧ze‧ma

### Noun

eczema m (plural eczemas)
* (dermatology, pathology) eczema (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin)

#### Derived terms

* eczematoso

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ekˈzema]

### Noun

eczema f
* definite nominative/accusative singular of eczemă

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

eczema m (plural eczemas)
* Alternative spelling of eccema

### Further reading

* “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], 2024 December 10