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xerotic eczema

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eczema /ec·ze·ma/ (ek´zĕ-mah) a pruritic papulovesicular dermatitis characterized early by erythema, edema associated with a serous exudate in the epidermis and an inflammatory infiltrate in the dermis, oozing and vesiculation, and crusting and scaling; and later by lichenification, thickening, signs of excoriations, and altered pigmentation.eczem´atous
asteatotic eczema  xerotic e.
eczema herpe´ticum  Kaposi's varicelliform eruption due to infection with herpes simplex virus superimposed on a preexisting skin condition.
nummular eczema  that in which the patches are coin shaped; it may be a form of neurodermatitis.
xerotic eczema  erythema, dry scaling, fine cracking, and pruritus of the skin, occurring chiefly during the winter when low humidity in heated rooms causes excessive water loss from the stratum corneum.

xerotic eczema
[zi·rot′ik ek′zə·mə] .


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