dermatitis

dermatitis

See also: Dermatitis

English

Alternative forms

• dermitis

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δερματῖτις (dermatîtis), from δέρμα (dérma, “skin, hide”), from δέρω (dérō, “to skin, flay”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌdɜː(ɹ)m.əˈtaɪ.tɪs/

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Noun

dermatitis (plural dermatitises or dermatitides or dermatites)

1. (pathology) Inflammation of the skin.

Hypernyms

• dermatosis

Hyponyms

• eczema (usually hyponymous, sometimes synonymous; see explanation)

Derived terms

• acarodermatitis
• acroangiodermatitis
• acrodermatitis
• actinodermatitis
• angiodermatitis
• antidermatitis
• atopic dermatitis
• berlock dermatitis
• berloque dermatitis
• chemical dermatitis
• Club Med dermatitis
• dermatitic
• dermatitis artefacta
• dermatitis bullosa striata pratensis
• dermatitis herpetiformis
• erythrodermatitis
• hypodermatitis
• meadow dermatitis
• meadow grass dermatitis
• neurodermatitis
• photodermatitis
• phytophotodermatitis
• pododermatitis
• radiodermatitis
• seaweed dermatitis

 

Translations

inflammation of the skin

Catalan: dermatitis f Chinese: Cantonese: 皮膚炎, 皮肤炎 (pei4 fu1 jim4) Mandarin: 皮炎 (zh) (píyán), 皮膚炎／皮肤炎 (zh) (pífūyán) Min Nan: 爛癬 (zh-min-nan), 烂癣 (nōa-sián) Czech: dermatitida (cs) f Finnish: ihotulehdus French: dermatite (fr) f German: Dermatitis (de) f, Ausschlag (de) m Greek: δερματίτιδα (el) f (dermatítida) Hungarian: bőrgyulladás (hu) Italian: dermatite (it) f Malay: radang kulit, dermatitis Portuguese: dermatite (pt) f Romanian: dermatită (ro) f Russian: дермати́т (ru) m (dermatít) Spanish: dermatitis (es) f, sarpullido (es) Tagalog: magambalat

See also

• rash

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δερματῖτις (dermatîtis).

Noun

dermatītis f (genitive dermatītidis); third declension

1. (New Latin, pathology) dermatitis

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dermatītis	dermatītidēs
Genitive	dermatītidis	dermatītidum
Dative	dermatītidī	dermatītidibus
Accusative	dermatītidem	dermatītidēs
Ablative	dermatītide	dermatītidibus
Vocative	dermatītis	dermatītidēs

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deɾmaˈtitis/ [d̪eɾ.maˈt̪i.t̪is]
• Rhymes: -itis
• Syllabification: der‧ma‧ti‧tis

Noun

dermatitis f (uncountable)

1. dermatitis

Further reading

• “dermatitis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014