atopic eczema

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   a severe form of dermatitis characterized by atopy

   Synonymsatopic dermatitis

   Broaderdermatitis

Questions about atopic eczema

What does atopic eczema mean?

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

What is another word for atopic eczema?

Close synonyms include atopic dermatitis. 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 eczema a common word?

atopic eczema 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.