# eczema

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɛk.sɪm.ə/ · frequency rank #26,405

## Definitions
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.
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.

## Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin eczema, from Ancient Greek ἔκζεμᾰ (ékzemă, “cutaneous eruption”), from ἐκζέω (ekzéō, “to boil out, break out”) + -μᾰ (-mă, nominal suffix).

## Easily confused with
- **edema** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eczema-vs-edema)
- **enema** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eczema-vs-enema)

## Common misspellings (8)
`cezema`, `ecczema`, `ecezma`, `eczeam`, `eczemma`, `eczmea`, `eczzema`, `ezcema`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/eczema