diaper dermatitis

1. 1.

   dermatitis of the thighs and buttocks of infants; supposedly caused by ammonia in the urine in the child's diapers

   Synonymsdiaper rash

   Broaderdermatitis

Questions about diaper dermatitis

What does diaper dermatitis mean?

diaper dermatitis means "dermatitis of the thighs and buttocks of infants; supposedly caused by ammonia in the urine in the child's diapers".

What is another word for diaper dermatitis?

Close synonyms include diaper rash. 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 diaper dermatitis a common word?

diaper 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.