atopic dermatitis

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   a severe form of dermatitis characterized by atopy

   Synonymsatopic eczema

   Broaderdermatitis

Questions about atopic dermatitis

What does atopic dermatitis mean?

atopic dermatitis means "a severe form of dermatitis characterized by atopy".

What is another word for atopic dermatitis?

Close synonyms include atopic eczema. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is atopic dermatitis a common word?

atopic dermatitis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.