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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
ec·ze·ma       [ek-suh-muh, eg-zuh-, ig-zee-] Pronunciation Key
–noun Pathology.
an inflammatory condition of the skin attended with itching and the exudation of serous matter.

[Origin: 1745–55; < NL < Gk ékzema, equiv. to ek- ec- + ze- (s. of zeǐn to boil, ferment) + -ma n. suffix]

ec·zem·a·tous       [ig-zem-uh-tuhs, -zee-muh-] Pronunciation Key, adjective
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ec·ze·ma       (ěk'sə-mə, ěg'zə-, ĭg-zē'-)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A noncontagious inflammation of the skin, characterized chiefly by redness, itching, and the outbreak of lesions that may discharge serous matter and become encrusted and scaly.


[New Latin, from Greek ekzema, from ekzein, to break out, boil over : ek-, out; see ecto- + zein, to boil; see yes- in Indo-European roots.]

ec·zem'a·tous (ěg-zěm'ə-təs, -zē'mə-təs, ĭg-) adj.
Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
eczema 
1753, from Gk. ekzema, from ekzein "to boil out," from ek "out" + zema "boiling," from zein "to boil," from PIE base *jes-. Said to have been the name given by ancient physicians to "any fiery pustule on the skin."

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eczema

noun
generic term for inflammatory conditions of the skin; particularly with vesiculation in the acute stages 

The American Heritage Science Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
eczema       (ěk'sə-mə)  Pronunciation Key 
An acute or chronic noncontagious inflammation of the skin, often caused by allergy and characterized by itching, scaling, and blistering.

American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

eczema ec·ze·ma (ěk'sə-mə, ěg'zə-, ĭg-zē'-)
n.
An acute or chronic noncontagious inflammation of the skin, characterized chiefly by redness, itching, and the outbreak of lesions that may discharge serous matter and become encrusted and scaly.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Eczema

Ec"ze*ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'e`kzema; "ek out + zei^n to boil.] (Med.) An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.

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