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dermatitis

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˌdɜː(ɹ)m.əˈtaɪ.tɪs/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: D ER2 M AH0 T AY1 T IH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Inflammation of the skin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

inflammation of the skin; skin becomes itchy and may develop blisters

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: eczema

Narrower terms: actinic dermatitis, atopic dermatitis, atopic eczema, contact dermatitis, cradle cap, diaper rash, diaper dermatitis, hypericism, neurodermatitis, schistosome dermatitis, swimmer's itch, seborrheic dermatitis, seborrheic eczema

History

Etymology

From New Latin dermatītis, from δέρμα (dérma, “skin, hide”), from δέρω (dérō, “to skin, flay”). By surface analysis, dermato- + -itis.

Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: dermatitis — inflammation of the skin
  • Belarusian: дэрматы́т (dermatýt) — inflammation of the skin
  • Catalan: dermatitis — inflammation of the skin
  • Chinese Cantonese: 皮膚炎 /皮肤炎 (pei4 fu1 jim4) — inflammation of the skin
  • Chinese: 爛癬 /烂癣 (zh-min-nan) — inflammation of the skin
  • Chinese Mandarin: 皮炎 (píyán) — inflammation of the skin
  • Chinese Mandarin: 皮膚炎 /皮肤炎 (pífūyán) — inflammation of the skin
  • Czech: dermatitida — inflammation of the skin
  • Dutch: dermatitis — inflammation of the skin
  • Finnish: ihotulehdus — inflammation of the skin
  • French: dermatite — inflammation of the skin
  • Galician: dermatite — inflammation of the skin
  • German: Dermatitis — inflammation of the skin
  • German: Ausschlag — inflammation of the skin
  • German: Hautentzündung — inflammation of the skin
  • Greek: δερματίτιδα (dermatítida) — inflammation of the skin
  • Hungarian: bőrgyulladás — inflammation of the skin
  • Italian: dermatite — inflammation of the skin
  • Japanese: 皮膚炎 (hifuen) — inflammation of the skin
  • Korean: 피부염 (pibuyeom) — inflammation of the skin
  • Latin: dermatitis — inflammation of the skin
  • Malay: radang kulit — inflammation of the skin
  • Malay: dermatitis — inflammation of the skin
  • Polish: zapalenie skóry — inflammation of the skin
  • Portuguese: dermatite — inflammation of the skin
  • Romanian: dermatită — inflammation of the skin
  • Russian: дермати́т (dermatít) — inflammation of the skin
  • Spanish: dermatitis — inflammation of the skin
  • Spanish: sarpullido — inflammation of the skin
  • Tagalog: magambalat — inflammation of the skin
  • Ottoman Turkish: مایاسیل (mayasıl) — inflammation of the skin
  • Ukrainian: дермати́т (dermatýt) — inflammation of the skin
  • Vietnamese: viêm da — inflammation of the skin
  • Volapük: skinaflamat — inflammation of the skin
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