Eczema

Definition: Eczema

Eczema

Noun

1. Generic term for inflammatory conditions of the skin; particularly with vesiculation in the acute stages.

Date "eczema" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Specialty Definitions: Eczema

Domain	Definitions
Health	A pruritic papulovesicular dermatitis occurring as a reaction to many endogenous and exogenous agents (Dorland, 27th ed). (references)
Medicine	Generic term for acute or chronic inflammatory conditions of the skin, typically erythematous, edematous, papular, vesicular and crusting; often accompanied by sensations of itching and burning. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: Eczema

English words defined with "eczema": allergic eczema, atopic eczema ♦ baker's eczema, Bricklayer's itch ♦ chronic eczema ♦ Dartrous diathesis ♦ eczema herpeticum, eczema hypertrophicum, eczema marginatum, Eczematous ♦ Grocer's itch ♦ lichtenoid eczema ♦ Milk crust, Moist tetter ♦ Salt rheum, seborrheic eczema, Sugar baker's itch ♦ Warehouseman's itch, Washerwoman's itch. (references)

Specialty definitions using "eczema": allergenic dust ♦ Dermatitis, Atopic ♦ eczema allergico professionale, eczema professionale, eczema topico, epoxy dermatitis ♦ fissured eczema ♦ Halcinonide, housewife's eczema ♦ lichenoid eruptions due to colour developers ♦ nickel dermatitis, nickel itch, nickel refiner's itch ♦ occupational allergic eczema, occupational eczema, occupational topic eczema ♦ ring dermatitis, ring eczema ♦ toxic eczema, tulip eczema ♦ Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome. (references)

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

Italian (eczema, rash), Portuguese (eczema, edacious, tetter), Spanish (eczema).

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Commercial Usage: Eczema

Domain	Title
Books	Eczema and Dermatitis: How to Cope With Inflamed Skin (reference) Hand Eczema (CRC Series in Dermatology) (reference) The Psoriasis & Eczema Solution: New Hope for Physical & Emotional Relief (reference) Understanding Childhood Eczema (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	National Eczema Society Membership (reference) (more periodical examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Eczema

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Photo Album: Eczema

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	[American Red Cross Hospital, Toul, France] : [Child after eczema treatment].Credit: National Library of Medicine.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Eczema

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Eczema in WAS can range from mild to severe. (references)
		Skin testing also cannot be done on patients with extensive eczema. (references)
		As the allergens reach the skin, they can induce hives or eczema, or when they reach the lungs, they may cause asthma. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Eczema

"Eczema" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.04% of the time. "Eczema" is used about 102 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)	98.04%	100	32,668
Noun (proper)	1.96%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	102	N/A

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

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Expressions: Eczema

Expressions using "eczema": allergic eczema ♦ Atopic Eczema ♦ baker's eczema ♦ chronic eczema ♦ eczema allergico professionale ♦ eczema herpeticum ♦ eczema hypertrophicum ♦ eczema marginatum ♦ eczema of hands ♦ eczema professionale ♦ eczema topico ♦ fissured eczema ♦ hand eczema ♦ housewife's eczema ♦ lichtenoid eczema ♦ occupational allergic eczema ♦ occupational eczema ♦ occupational topic eczema ♦ ring eczema ♦ seborrheic eczema ♦ toxic eczema ♦ tulip eczema. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "eczema": eczema-related.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Eczema

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
eczema	3,557
eczema treatment	224
eczema picture	202
eczema baby	85
eczema cure	81
dyshidrotic eczema	62
eczema infant	53
eczema corporal	38
nummular eczema	38
eczema photo	37
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Eczema

Language		Translations for "eczema"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		ekzemë. (various references)

Arabic		‏النملة, ‏الاكزيما مرض جلدي. (various references)

Bulgarian		екзема (tetter). (various references)

Czech		ekzém. (various references)

Danish		eksem. (various references)

Dutch		eczeem (acne). (various references)

Farsi		سودا (Bargain, Hypochondria, Mare, Melancholia, Melancholy, Soda, Transaction, Yellowbile), اگزما. (various references)

Finnish		ekseema, rokahtuma, rohtuma (chap), ihottuma (ecxema, eruption, rash). (various references)

French		eczéma. (various references)

German		ekzem. (various references)

Greek		έκζεμα (tetter). (various references)

Hebrew		אקזמ�", חררת, �'לשת, �'רבת (scabies). (various references)

Hungarian		ekcéma (grocer's itch). (various references)

Indonesian		eksem, penyakit kulit. (various references)

Italian		eczema (rash). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		湿疹 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		しっし�" (faint, stupefaction, swoon, trance). (various references)

Manx		echmey. (various references)

Pig Latin		eczemaay.(various references)

Portuguese		eczema (edacious, tetter). (various references)

Romanian		eczemã (rash). (various references)

Russian		экзема (tetter). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		ekcem. (various references)

Spanish		eccema. (various references)

Swedish		eksem. (various references)

Thai		โรคเรื้อนกวาง. (various references)

Turkish		egzama (cutaneous eruption). (various references)

Ukranian		екзема. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Eczema

Derivations
	Words beginning with "eczema": eczemas, eczematous. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Eczema" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Asazuma, Azema, Czermak, ecezma, ecsema, ecxema, ecz, eczma, eggzema, egzema, ekzema, Elzea, enzema, Esema, Essemmay, exczema, exzema, Ezana, ezcema, Occzim. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Eczema"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "eczema" (pronounced e"ksumu)
5	-k s u m u	maxima.
3	-u m u	anathema, cinema, enema, optima, Ultima.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Eczema

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-m-z"
	-2 letters: acme, came, mace, maze, meze.
	-3 letters: ace, cam, cee, eme, mac, mae, zee.
	-4 letters: ae, am, em, ma, me.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-m-z"
	+1 letter: eczemas.
	+2 letters: racemize.
	+3 letters: alchemize, mechanize, racemized, racemizes.
	+4 letters: alchemized, alchemizes, caramelize, chimpanzee, cinematize, decimalize, eczematous, mechanized, mechanizer, mechanizes, schematize.
	+5 letters: caramelized, caramelizes, chimpanzees, cinematized, cinematizes, decimalized, decimalizes, democratize, mechanizers, merchandize, schematized, schematizes, vasectomize.
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