Eczema

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1. Noun

An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.

2. Noun

A condition causing patches of skin to become inflamed, itchy, and cracked.

3. Noun

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