noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈɛk.sɪm.ə/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈɛks.mə/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈɛɡ.zɪm.ə/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈɛɡz.mə/
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General-American:/ɪɡˈzi.mə/
General-American:/ˈɛɡ.zəm.ə/
General-American:/ˈɛk.səm.ə/
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rhymes with -ɛksɪmə
rhymes with -ɛɡzɪmə
rhymes with -iːmə
CMU ARPABET:EH1 K S AH0 M AH0
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noun
Meaning 1
A non-contagious acute or chronic inflammation of the skin, characterized by redness, itching, and the outbreak of oozing vesicular lesions which become encrusted and scaly.
Synonym of atopic dermatitis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: atopic dermatitis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dermatitis
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noun
Meaning 2
A non-contagious acute or chronic inflammation of the skin, characterized by redness, itching, and the outbreak of oozing vesicular lesions which become encrusted and scaly.
Synonym of dermatitis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Learned borrowing from Latin eczema, from Ancient Greek ἔκζεμᾰ (ékzemă, “cutaneous eruption”), from ἐκζέω (ekzéō, “to boil out, break out”) + -μᾰ (-mă, nominal suffix).
Across languages
Translations
59 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
أَكْزِيمَا
(ʔakzīmā)
— acute or chronic inflammation of the skin
Belarusian:
экзэ́ма
(ekzéma)
— acute or chronic inflammation of the skin
Bengali:
কাউর
(kaur)
— acute or chronic inflammation of the skin
Bengali:
বিখাউজ
(bikhauj)
— acute or chronic inflammation of the skin
Bengali:
উকা
(uka)
— acute or chronic inflammation of the skin
Cebuano:
yabon
— acute or chronic inflammation of the skin
Chinese Cantonese:
濕疹 /溼疹 /湿疹
— acute or chronic inflammation of the skin
Hakka Chinese:
濕疹 /溼疹 /湿疹
(sṳp-chṳ́n)
— acute or chronic inflammation of the skin
Chinese:
濕疹 /溼疹 /湿疹
(sip-chín)
— acute or chronic inflammation of the skin
Chinese:
爛癬 /烂癣
(zh-min-nan)
— acute or chronic inflammation of the skin
Chinese:
濕癬 /溼癬 /湿癣
(sip-sián)
— acute or chronic inflammation of the skin
Chinese Mandarin:
濕疹 /溼疹 /湿疹
(shīzhěn)
— acute or chronic inflammation of the skin
Crimean Tatar:
mayasıl
— acute or chronic inflammation of the skin
Czech:
lišej
— acute or chronic inflammation of the skin
Czech:
ekzém
— acute or chronic inflammation of the skin
Danish:
eksem
— acute or chronic inflammation of the skin
Dutch:
eczeem
— acute or chronic inflammation of the skin
Dutch:
eczema
— acute or chronic inflammation of the skin
Esperanto:
ekzemo
— acute or chronic inflammation of the skin
Finnish:
ekseema
— acute or chronic inflammation of the skin
Finnish:
rohtuma
— acute or chronic inflammation of the skin
French:
eczéma
— acute or chronic inflammation of the skin
French:
exéma
— acute or chronic inflammation of the skin
Galician:
eccema
— acute or chronic inflammation of the skin
German:
Ekzem
— acute or chronic inflammation of the skin
German:
Flechte
— acute or chronic inflammation of the skin
Old High German:
ἔκζεμα
(ékzema)
— acute or chronic inflammation of the skin
Hungarian:
ekcéma
— acute or chronic inflammation of the skin
Icelandic:
exem
— acute or chronic inflammation of the skin
Ido:
ekzemo
— acute or chronic inflammation of the skin
Indonesian:
eksem
— acute or chronic inflammation of the skin
Ingrian:
täitarha
— acute or chronic inflammation of the skin
Italian:
eczema
— acute or chronic inflammation of the skin
Jamaican Creole:
fassy
— acute or chronic inflammation of the skin
Japanese:
湿疹
(shisshin)
— acute or chronic inflammation of the skin
Korean:
습진
(seupjin)
— acute or chronic inflammation of the skin
Central Kurdish:
بیرۆ
(bîro)
— acute or chronic inflammation of the skin
Malay:
ekzema
— acute or chronic inflammation of the skin
Malayalam:
എക്സിമ
(eksima)
— acute or chronic inflammation of the skin
Māori:
harehare
— acute or chronic inflammation of the skin
Māori:
pāpaka
— acute or chronic inflammation of the skin
Māori:
hare
— acute or chronic inflammation of the skin
Norman:
maladie d'la fontaine
— acute or chronic inflammation of the skin
Norwegian Bokmål:
eksem
— acute or chronic inflammation of the skin
Norwegian Nynorsk:
eksem
— acute or chronic inflammation of the skin
Polish:
egzema
— acute or chronic inflammation of the skin
Polish:
wyprysk
— acute or chronic inflammation of the skin
Portuguese:
eczema
— acute or chronic inflammation of the skin
Romanian:
eczemă
— acute or chronic inflammation of the skin
Russian:
экзе́ма
(ekzɛ́ma)
— acute or chronic inflammation of the skin
Spanish:
eczema
— acute or chronic inflammation of the skin
Spanish:
eccema
— acute or chronic inflammation of the skin
Swedish:
eksem
— acute or chronic inflammation of the skin
Tumbuka:
cimasa
— acute or chronic inflammation of the skin
Turkish:
egzama
— acute or chronic inflammation of the skin
Turkish:
mayasıl
— acute or chronic inflammation of the skin
Ottoman Turkish:
مایاسیل
(mayasıl)
— acute or chronic inflammation of the skin
Ukrainian:
екзе́ма
(ekzéma)
— acute or chronic inflammation of the skin
Volapük:
käsem
— acute or chronic inflammation of the skin
