- eczema - generic term for inflammatory conditions of the skin; particularly with vesiculation in the acute stages
--1 is a kind of skin disease, disease of the skin, skin disorder, skin problem, skin condition
--1 has particulars:dermatitis; allergic eczema; eczema herpeticum; eczema vaccinatum, Kaposi's varicelliform eruption; lichtenoid eczema, chronic eczema, eczema hypertrophicum