ECZEMA

Ec″ze‐ma (?), n. [[NL., fr. Gr. ἔκζεμα; εκ̔ out + ζει̑ν to boil.]] (Med.) 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.