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6 letters · 19 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun generic term for inflammatory conditions of the skin; particularly with vesiculation in the acute stages
originLearned borrowing from Latin eczema, from Ancient Greek ἔκζεμᾰ (ékzemă, “cutaneous eruption”), from ἐκζέω (ekzéō, “to boil out, break out”) + -μᾰ (-mă, nominal suffix).
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