Eczema

['eksɪmə;'ekzɪmə] or [ɪɡ'zimə]

Definition

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

Typist: Manfred--From WordNet

Definition

(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.

Checked by Clifton

Definition

n. a common skin disease in which the affected portion of the skin is red and is covered with numerous small papules which speedily turn into vesicles.—adj. Eczem′atous.

Typed by Gwendolyn