DERMATITIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dermatitis mean? 

• DERMATITIS (noun)
  The noun DERMATITIS has 1 sense:

1. inflammation of the skin; skin becomes itchy and may develop blisters

  Familiarity information: DERMATITIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DERMATITIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Inflammation of the skin; skin becomes itchy and may develop blisters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("dermatitis" is a kind of...):

eczema (generic term for inflammatory conditions of the skin; particularly with vesiculation in the acute stages)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dermatitis"):

actinic dermatitis (dermatitis caused exposure to sunlight)

atopic dermatitis; atopic eczema (a severe form of dermatitis characterized by atopy)

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

cradle cap (a dermatitis of the scalp that is common in infants)

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

hypericism (a severe dermatitis of herbivorous domestic animals attributable to photosensitivity from eating Saint John's wort)

neurodermatitis (dermatitis in which localized areas (especially the forearms or back of the neck or outer part of the ankle) itch persistently; cause is unknown)

schistosome dermatitis; swimmer's itch (a sensitization reaction to repeated invasion of the skin by cercariae of schistosomes)

seborrheic dermatitis; seborrheic eczema (a chronic skin disease associated with seborrhea and greasy scales on the scalp or eyelids or other parts of the skin)

 Context examples 

For years, scientists have known that people with atopic dermatitis tend to have large populations of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria on their skin.

(Bacteria therapy for eczema shows promise in NIH study, National Institutes of Health)

A skin irritant that may cause dermatitis of both primary and allergic types.

(Dinitrochlorobenzene, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Atopic dermatitis is the most common type of eczema.

(Eczema, NCI Dictionary)

The most common type of eczema is atopic dermatitis.

(Eczema, NIH)

A form of herpes zoster infection characterized by dermatitis of the skin of the eyelid due to reactivation of latent virus associated with the ophthalmic branch of the trigeminal nerve.

(Herpes Zoster Dermatitis of Eyelid, NCI Thesaurus)

Another product, Calendula ointment, is being studied in France in the prevention of dermatitis in patients having radiation therapy for breast cancer.

(Calendula ointment, NCI Dictionary)

The skin lesions usually take the form of a purplish rash (or less often an exfoliative dermatitis) involving the nose, cheeks, forehead, upper trunk, and arms.

(Dermatomyositis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

As itching is a major symptom of atopic dermatitis, people with the disease, particularly babies, often scratch their skin.

(Scratching the skin primes the gut for allergic reactions to food, mouse study suggests, National Institutes of Health)

Also called precancerous dermatitis and precancerous dermatosis.

(Bowen disease, NCI Dictionary)

Dermatitis caused by an allergic reaction to ingested food.

(Dermatitis due to Food taken Internally, NCI Thesaurus)