ECZEMA

[ec.ze.ma] n [NL, fr. Gk ekzema, fr. ekzein to erupt, fr. ex- out + zein to boil--more at ex-, yeast] (ca. 1753): an inflammatory condition of the skin characterized by redness, itching, and oozing vesicular lesions which become scaly, crusted, or hardened -- ec.zem.a.tous adj