Dermatitis

Definition: Dermatitis

Dermatitis

Noun

1. Inflammation of the skin; skin becomes itchy and may develop blisters.

Etymology: Dermatitis \Der`ma*ti"tis\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression de`rma, -atos, skin -itis.]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definitions: Dermatitis

Domain	Definitions
Fine Arts	Name given to a group of skin conditions. Sometimes produced by direct contact with certain processing chemicals. Source: European Union. (references)
Health	Any inflammation of the skin. (references)
Medicine	Inflammation of the skin. Source: European Union. (references)
	Skin disease. Source: European Union. (references)
Mining	A skin disease caused by the application of dust or liquids. In coal mining, the dusts may be coal or stone dust and the liquids may be mine waters, oil or grease, perspiration and acids or alkalis. The majority of cases occur in deep and hot mines having high wet-bulb temperatures. (references)
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Specialty Definition: Dermatitis

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Dermatitis, also known as eczema, is a skin irritation characterized by red, flaky skin, sometimes with cracks or tiny blisters. Dermatitis is extremely itchy, but scratching damages the fragile skin and exacerbates the problem so it is important for people with eczema to try and leave the area alone.

There are several causes of dermatitis, but the most common ones are related to allergies. Atopic eczema, the most common, is caused by general systemic allergic reactions, as opposed to contact with an irritant. It is very common in people with related allergic conditions, including asthma or chronic hay fever. Allergic contact dermatitis, as the name implies, is the result of direct contact with an irritant. One of the most common causes of this form are buttons and rivets in jeans, which contain nickel. Irritant contact dermatitis is similar but is caused by a reaction to some chemical substance, often unrinsed detergents left on clothing or various household chemicals being handled. Stress and anxiety often make otherwise minor outbreaks spread.

Several other forms appear unrelated to the main allergic causes. Infantile seborrhoeic eczema, also known as cradle cap, forms on the head and quickly spreads. It looks like normal dermatitis, but apparently doesn't itch and eventually goes away on it's own. Varicose eczema occurs later in life, the result of poor circulation in the legs. Finally discoid eczema suddenly appears as small disk shaped spots of severe dermatitis, but disappear on their own.

Dermatitis is often treated with prescribed cortisone creams and lotions, but these must be used sparingly as they cause the skin to become thinner and more fragile with long-term use. Dermatitis severely dries out the skin, and keeping the affected area moistened with vitamin A, D and/or E can promote healing and retain natural moisture. Other than direct treatments of the symptoms, no "cure" for dermatitis is known, and even cortisone treatments often have only minor effects on the problem.

Some alternative (and even conventional) medicine sources state that oatmeal in solution applied topically has a healing effect. This has been noticed through occupational sources, where a person's skin is often exposed to oatmeal at work, e.g. through baking or milling. Often such people retain exceptionally soft and healthy skin into old age.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Dermatitis."

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Synonym: Dermatitis

Synonym: Skin diseases. (additional references)

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Crosswords: Dermatitis

English words defined with "dermatitis": actinic dermatitis, atopic dermatitis, atopic eczema ♦ bubble gum dermatitis, burweed marsh elder ♦ contact dermatitis, cradle cap ♦ diaper dermatitis, diaper rash ♦ false ragweed ♦ hypericism ♦ Iva xanthifolia ♦ methapyrilene ♦ neurodermatitis ♦ poison ivy, poison oak, poison sumac ♦ Rhus dermatitis ♦ schistosome dermatitis, seborrheic dermatitis. (references)

Specialty definitions using "dermatitis": alkali dermatitis, ankylostoma dermatitis, Aphidicolin, arsenic dermatosis, arsenic pock, arsenical dermatitis ♦ bakers'dermatitis, bakers'eczema, bakers'itch, Bowen's disease ♦ Chicken Anemia Virus, contact allergic dermatitis ♦ dermatitis actinica, Dermatitis Herpetiformis, dermatitis phototoxica, dermatitis venenata, Dermatitis, Allergic Contact, Dermatitis, Atopic, Dermatitis, Contact, Dermatitis, Irritant, Dermatitis, Occupational, Dermatitis, Photoallergic, Dermatitis, Phototoxic, Dermatitis, Seborrheic, Dinitrochlorobenzene, dye dermatitis, dyer's dermatitis ♦ Ecthyma, Contagious, epoxy dermatitis ♦ fingertip fissured dermatitis ♦ Gluten Sensitive Enteropathy, grocers'itch ♦ Halcinonide, Histamine H1 Antagonists, HLA-B8 Antigen, HLA-DR3 Antigen, hop dermatitis, housewife's dermatitis, housewives'eczematous dermatitis ♦ Kaposi Varicelliform Eruption ♦ Local Lymph Node Assay ♦ miner's dermatitis ♦ nickel dermatitis, nickel itch, nickel refiner's itch, non-allergic contact dermatitis, non-allergic dermatitis ♦ occupational contact dermatitis, occupational dermatitis, occupational protein contact dermatitis, oil dermatitis ♦ Photodermatitis, phototoxic dermatitis, picric itch, plant dermatitis, Porcine Dermatitis and Nephropathy Syndrome, Postphlebitic Syndrome ♦ ring dermatitis ♦ swimmers'itch ♦ toxic contact dermatitis, Trombiculid Mites ♦ wood dermatitis, wood worker's dermatitis ♦ X-ray dermatitis. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Dermatitis" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Danish (dermatitis), Dutch (dermatitis), German (dermatitis), Serbo-Croatian (dermatitis), Spanish (dermatitis).

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Commercial Usage: Dermatitis

Domain	Title
References	The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Atopic Dermatitis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Allergies: Asthma Hay Fever Dermatitis Migraine and Others (reference) MarketLooks: The Global Market for Prescription Dermatitis, Seborrhea, and Psoriasis Drugs [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference) (more book examples)
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Photo Album: Dermatitis

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	This bacterium causes urinary tract infections, respiratory system infections, dermatitis, soft tissue infections, bacteremia and a variety of systemic infections, particularly in cancer and AIDS patients who are immunosuppressed.Credit: CDC.		Atopic Dermatitis.Credit: National Library of Medicine.
	General Exfoliative Epidemic Dermatitis.Credit: National Library of Medicine.		General Exfoliative Epidemic Dermatitis.Credit: National Library of Medicine.
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Non-Fiction Usage: Dermatitis

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Dermatitis herpetiformis (DH) is a severe itchy, blistering skin disease caused by gluten intolerance. (references)
		Humans get swimmer's itch when the cercarial larvae burrow into the skin, thus the name cercarial dermatitis. (references)
		Swimmer's itch, also called cercarial dermatitis, is a skin rash caused by an allergic reaction to infection with certain parasites of birds and mammals. (references)
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Usage Frequency: Dermatitis

"Dermatitis" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Dermatitis" is used about 51 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	51	47,619

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Dermatitis

Expressions using "dermatitis": actinic dermatitis ♦ alkali dermatitis ♦ ankylostoma dermatitis ♦ arsenical dermatitis ♦ Atopic Dermatitis ♦ bubble gum dermatitis ♦ contact allergic dermatitis ♦ contact dermatitis ♦ dermatitis actinica ♦ Dermatitis Herpetiformis ♦ dermatitis phototoxica ♦ dermatitis venenata ♦ diaper dermatitis ♦ dye dermatitis ♦ dyer's dermatitis ♦ epoxy dermatitis ♦ fingertip fissured dermatitis ♦ hop dermatitis ♦ housewife's dermatitis ♦ housewives'eczematous dermatitis ♦ miner's dermatitis ♦ nickel dermatitis ♦ occupational contact dermatitis ♦ occupational dermatitis ♦ occupational protein contact dermatitis ♦ oil dermatitis ♦ phototoxic dermatitis ♦ plant dermatitis ♦ Porcine Dermatitis and Nephropathy Syndrome ♦ primrose dermatitis ♦ primula dermatitis ♦ Rhus dermatitis ♦ ring dermatitis ♦ schistosome dermatitis ♦ seborrheic dermatitis ♦ toxic contact dermatitis ♦ wood dermatitis ♦ wood worker's dermatitis. Additional references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Dermatitis

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
dermatitis	698	exfoliative dermatitis	12
seborrheic dermatitis	385	statis dermatitis	12
contact dermatitis	244	diaper dermatitis	12
atopic dermatitis	215	dermatitis picture seborrheic	11
dermatitis herpetiformis	143	spongiotic dermatitis	11
perioral dermatitis	143	photo dermatitis	10
dermatitis seborreica	31	scalp dermatitis	10
seborrhea dermatitis	29	atopic dermatitis picture	10
allergic contact dermatitis	24	sebhorreic dermatitis	9
seborrhoeic dermatitis	23	seborreic dermatitis	8
treatment for seborrheic dermatitis	21	dermatitis por contacto	8
dermatitis treatment	21	peri oral dermatitis	8
dermatitis picture	19	treatment for contact dermatitis	7
nummular dermatitis	16	eyelid dermatitis	6
flea allergy dermatitis	15	rhus dermatitis	6
dermatitis solar	15	sebborheic dermatitis	6
allergic dermatitis	15	foot dermatitis	6
hand dermatitis	14	dermatitis photoallergic	6
lichenoid dermatitis	13	facial dermatitis	6
seborrhic dermatitis	13	dermatitis type	6
contact dermatitis picture	13	dermatitis atópica	6
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Dermatitis

Language		Translations for "dermatitis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		pezmatim i lëkurës. (various references)

Arabic		‏إلتهاب الجلد. (various references)

Bulgarian		дерматит. (various references)

Czech		kožní zánìt. (various references)

Danish		dermatitis. (various references)

Dutch		dermatitis. (various references)

Farsi		اماس پوست(طب). (various references)

Finnish		ihosairaus. (various references)

French		dermite, dermatite. (various references)

German		dermatitis. (various references)

Greek		δερματίτις, δερματίτιδα. (various references)

Hebrew		�"לקת �"עור. (various references)

Hungarian		bõrgyulladás. (various references)

Indonesian		radang kulit. (various references)

Italian		dermatite. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		アト�"ー性皮膚炎 (ad, ad impact, add-on, add-on module, adobe, advertisement, at random, atmosphere, atom, atomic, atopic dermatitis, atrium, attraction, attractive, attractor, attribute, autoload, studio). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		アト�"ーせいひふえ�" (atopic dermatitis). (various references)

Korean		�"�부염. (various references)

Manx		gorley craitnagh. (various references)

Pig Latin		ermatitisday

Portuguese		dermatite. (various references)

Romanian		dermatitã. (various references)

Russian		воспаление кожи, дерматит. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		dermatitis. (various references)

Spanish		dermatitis. (various references)

Swedish		hudsjukdom (skin disease). (various references)

Thai		ผิวหนังอักเสบ. (various references)

Turkish		dermatit, deri iltihabı. (various references)

Ukranian		запалення шкіри, дерматит. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Dermatitis

Derivations
	Words beginning with "dermatitis": dermatitises. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Dermatitis" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dermatitic, dermatitus, Dermatobia, dermatosis, Keratitis. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Dermatitis"

Words rhyming with "dermatitis" (pronounced 'Der`ma*ti"tis'): Adenitis, Aortitis, Appendicitis, Arachnitis, Arteritis, Arthritis, Arthrochondritis, Blepharitis, Bronchitis, Bursitis, Capsulitis, Carditis, Cellulitis, Cerebritis, Cholecystis, Chondritis, Colitis, Colonitis, Compos-mentis, Conjunctivitis, Cystitis, Dactylitis, Encephalitis, Endocarditis, Endometritis, Enteritis, Epididymitis, Epiglottis, Fetis, gastritis, Gastroduodenitis, gastroenteritis, Glossitis, Glottis, Gratis, hepatitis, iritis, -itis, keratitis, laminitis, laryngitis, leptomeningitis, lymphadenitis, Lymphangeitis, Macrocystis, mantis, mastitis, meningitis, Mephitis, metritis. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Dermatitis

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-d-e-i-i-m-r-s-t-t"
	-1 letter: admitters, distraite.
	-2 letters: admitter, airtimes, dirtiest, distrait, imitated, imitates, metritis, misrated, mistreat, readmits, semiarid, seriatim, striated, tardiest, teratism, timidest, triadism.
	-3 letters: admires, airiest, airtime, amities, aridest, artiest, artiste, astride, attired, attires, dairies, diaries, diarist, diastem, diaster, dirties, disrate, ditsier, ditties, etatism, imarets, imitate, iratest, maestri, matters, metrist, midairs, miriest, misdate, misedit, misrate, misread.
	Words containing the letters "a-d-e-i-i-m-r-s-t-t"
	+1 letter: mithridates, taxidermist.
	+2 letters: administrate, dermatitides, dermatitises, taxidermists.
	+3 letters: administrated, administrates, antimodernist, dilatometries, intermediates, misattributed.
	+4 letters: administrative, antimodernists, determinations, determinatives, misarticulated, premeditations.
	+5 letters: ambidexterities, demonstrability, intermediations, underestimating, underestimation.
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