contact dermatitis

1. 1.

   a delayed type of allergic reaction of the skin resulting from skin contact with a specific allergen (such as poison ivy)

   Broaderdermatitis

   Narrowerbubble gum dermatitisRhus dermatitis

Questions about contact dermatitis

What does contact dermatitis mean?

contact dermatitis means "a delayed type of allergic reaction of the skin resulting from skin contact with a specific allergen (such as poison ivy)".

Is contact dermatitis a common word?

contact 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.