seborrheic dermatitis

1. 1.

   a chronic skin disease associated with seborrhea and greasy scales on the scalp or eyelids or other parts of the skin

   Synonymsseborrheic eczema

   Broaderdermatitis

Questions about seborrheic dermatitis

What does seborrheic dermatitis mean?

seborrheic dermatitis means "a chronic skin disease associated with seborrhea and greasy scales on the scalp or eyelids or other parts of the skin".

What is another word for seborrheic dermatitis?

Close synonyms include seborrheic 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 seborrheic dermatitis a common word?

seborrheic 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.