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A definition or brief description of Eczema.

A fairly indistinct term for skin irritations, most commonly a pruritic papulovesicular dermatitis caused by many endogenous and exogenous agents.

This definition is at least in part based on: Anonymous (2024), Eczema (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.