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ECZEMA

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("eczema" is a kind of...):

disease of the skin; skin disease; skin disorder (a disease affecting the skin)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "eczema"):

dermatitis (inflammation of the skin; skin becomes itchy and may develop blisters)

allergic eczema (eczema caused by an allergic reaction)

eczema herpeticum (eczema characterized by a feverish condition and widespread eruption of vesicles; most common in children)

eczema vaccinatum; Kaposi's varicelliform eruption (a now rare complication of vaccinia superimposed on atopic dermatitis with high fever and generalized vesicles and papulovesicles)

chronic eczema; eczema hypertrophicum; lichtenoid eczema (eczema characterized by thickening of the skin with accentuated skin lines)

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 Context examples: 

This condition can be typified as allergic rhinitis, sinusitus, asthma, or eczema.

(IL4R wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

It can result from normal use (corns, calluses), chronic inflammation (eczema), or genetic disorders (X-linked ichthyosis, ichthyosis vulgaris).

(Hyperkeratosis, NCI Dictionary)

It causes eczema (a type of skin inflammation), a decrease in the number of platelets (blood cells that help prevent bleeding), and frequent bacterial infections.

(Aldrich syndrome, NCI Dictionary)

All were considered at high risk of developing peanut allergy because they already had egg allergy and/or severe eczema, an allergic skin disorder.

(Peanut Consumption in Infancy Lowers Peanut Allergy, NIH)

Atopic dermatitis, a common inflammatory skin condition also known as allergic eczema, affects nearly 20 percent of children, 30 percent of whom also have food allergies.

(Scientists identify unique subtype of eczema linked to food allergy, National Institutes of Health)

One of the uses for this genetic map is to identify particular biological pathways that cause disease, exemplified in the paper by pinpointing specific pathways that lead to Crohn’s disease and eczema.

(Scientists create ‘genetic atlas’ of proteins in human blood, University of Cambridge)

This newly identified skin-gut communication helps illuminate the relationship between food allergy and atopic dermatitis (a type of eczema), a disease characterized by dry, itchy skin.

(Scratching the skin primes the gut for allergic reactions to food, mouse study suggests, National Institutes of Health)

A moisturizing skincare formulation used for various skin conditions including dry skin conditions associated with eczema, psoriasis, chapped or chafed skin.

(Eucerin, NCI Thesaurus)

Oatmeal powder, especially when added to a warm bath, is used to provide temporary relief of itching and irritation caused by insect bites, eczema, sun burns, reactions to poisonous plants and various other skin rashes and allergies.

(Oatmeal Powder, NCI Thesaurus)

LEAP showed that regular peanut consumption begun in infancy and continued until 5 years of age led to an 81 percent reduction in development of peanut allergy in infants deemed at high risk because they already had severe eczema, egg allergy or both.

(Benefits of peanut allergy prevention strategy persist after one-year peanut avoidance, NIH)