noun.
A noncontagious inflammation of the skin, characterized chiefly by redness, itching, and the outbreak of lesions that may discharge serous matter and become encrusted and scaly.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
An inflammation of the skin attended with considerable exudation of lymph.
noun.
Acute eczema when the color of the skin is very red.
noun.
Pityriasis rubra.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
noun.
An acute or chronic inflammation of the skin, characterized by redness, itching, and the outbreak of oozing vesicularlesions which become encrusted and scaly. It is noncontagious.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun.
generic term for inflammatory conditions of the skin; particularly with vesiculation in the acute stages
Word Usage
"Papular eczema (_eczema papulosum_) is characterized by the appearance, usually in numbers, of discrete, aggregated or closely-crowded, reddish, pin-head-sized acuminated or rounded papules."