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eczema

/ˈɛk.sɪm.ə//ɪɡˈzi.mə/

eczema noun: synonym of atopic dermatitis.

Noun

eczema (countable and uncountable, plural eczemata or eczemas)

  1. (usually) Synonym of atopic dermatitis.
  2. (sometimes) Synonym of dermatitis.
    Synonyms:
    dermatitis

eczema meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

eczema in Hindi

eczema
खाज khāj

eczema in Tamil

சொறிநோய், படை நோய், அழற்சி, கரப்பன், சொறி, தோல் புண்

eczema in Marathi

एक्जिमा

eczema in Urdu

ایکزیما, اکزیما, ایکزما
More languagesFewer languages
eczema in Bengali
কাউর kaur, বিখাউজ bikhauj, উকা uka
eczema in Telugu
ఎక్సిమా, ఎస్జిమా
eczema in Malayalam
എക്സിമ eksima
eczema in Kannada
ಚಿಬ್ಬ, ಚಿಬ್ಬು, ಸಿಬ್ಬ, ಸಿಬ್ಬು
eczema in Gujarati
ખરજવું kharajvũ
eczema in Odia
ଏକ୍ଜିମା, ଏକଜିମା
eczema in Nepali
एक्जिमा
eczema in Arabic
أَكْزِيمَا ʔakzīmā
eczema in Malay
ekzema
eczema in Indonesian
eksem

Synonyms of eczema

Forms of eczema

pluraleczemata
pluraleczemas
alternative uncommoneczma

Origin of eczema

Learned borrowing from Latin eczema, from Ancient Greek ἔκζεμᾰ (ékzemă, “cutaneous eruption”), from ἐκζέω (ekzéō, “to boil out, break out”) + -μᾰ (-mă, nominal suffix).

Words formed from eczema

Words that rhyme with eczema

Questions about eczema

What does eczema mean?
Eczema means synonym of atopic dermatitis.
What is eczema in Hindi?
Eczema in Hindi is खाज (khāj). See Eczema meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is eczema?
Eczema is a noun.
How do you pronounce eczema?
Eczema is pronounced /ˈɛk.sɪm.ə/ (UK).
What is the plural of eczema?
The plural of eczema is eczemata.

Words near eczema in the dictionary

  1. ecycle
  2. ecycled
  3. ecycles
  4. ecycling
  5. ecydsteroidogenesis
  6. eczema
  7. eczema madidans
  8. eczema marginatum
  9. eczema rubrum
  10. eczema-thrombocytopenia-immunodeficiency syndrome
  11. eczemalike

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: eczema (page history and authors); खाज (Hindi) (page history and authors); eczema (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); eczema (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); eczema (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); eczema (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); eczema (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ખરજવું (Gujarati) (page history and authors); eczema (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); eczema (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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