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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.

n. An acute or chronic inflammation of the skin, characterized by redness, itching, and the outbreak of oozing vesicular lesions which become encrusted and scaly. It is noncontagious.

n. 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.

n. An inflammation of the skin attended with considerable exudation of lymph.

n. Acute eczema when the color of the skin is very red.

n. Pityriasis rubra.

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

"Now, the term eczema usually refers to atopic eczema, or atopic dermatitis (atopic means “allergic”), which is a complex genetic disorder that results in defective skin barriers, reduced innate skin immune responses, and exaggerated immune (T cell) responses to environmental allergens that lead to chronic skin inflammation."

skin disease    disease of the skin    skin disorder    dermatitis   

eczema marginatum    eczema squamosum    eczema papulosum    vesicular eczema    erythematous eczema    eczema rubrum    eczema epizoöticum   

tetter    milk crust    salt rheum   

eczema hypertrophicum    lichtenoid eczema    kaposi's varicelliform eruption    allergic eczema    dermatitis    eczema vaccinatum    chronic eczema    eczema herpeticum   

eczematous   

dermatitis    dysentery    dandruff    asthma    gonorrhea    sclerosis    mastitis    acne    flatulence    itchiness