dermatitis

See also: Dermatitis

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

dermatitis

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• dermitis

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δερματῖτις (dermatîtis), from δέρμα (dérma, “skin, hide”), from δέρω (dérō, “to skin, flay”). Equivalent to dermato- +‎ -itis.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌdɜː(ɹ)m.əˈtaɪ.tɪs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

dermatitis (plural dermatitises or dermatitides or dermatites)

1. (pathology) Inflammation of the skin.

Hypernyms

• dermatosis

Hyponyms

• eczema (usually hyponymous, sometimes synonymous; see explanation)

Derived terms

• acarodermatitis
• acroangiodermatitis
• acrodermatitis
• actinodermatitis
• angiodermatitis
• antidermatitis
• atopic dermatitis
• berlock dermatitis
• berloque dermatitis
• chemical dermatitis
• chondrodermatitis
• Club Med dermatitis
• dermatitic
• dermatitis artefacta
• dermatitis bullosa striata pratensis
• dermatitis herpetiformis
• erythrodermatitis
• hypodermatitis
• meadow dermatitis
• meadow grass dermatitis
• neurodermatitis
• photodermatitis
• phytophotodermatitis
• pododermatitis
• radiodermatitis
• sabra dermatitis
• seaweed dermatitis

Translations

inflammation of the skin

Asturian: dermatitis f Belarusian: дэрматы́т m (dermatýt) Catalan: dermatitis f Chinese: Cantonese: 皮膚炎 / 皮肤炎 (pei4 fu1 jim4) Hokkien: 爛癬 / 烂癣 (zh-min-nan) (nōa-sián) Mandarin: 皮炎 (zh) (píyán), 皮膚炎 / 皮肤炎 (zh) (pífūyán) Czech: dermatitida (cs) f Finnish: ihotulehdus French: dermatite (fr) f Galician: dermatite (gl) f German: Dermatitis (de) f, Ausschlag (de) m Greek: δερματίτιδα (el) f (dermatítida) Hungarian: bőrgyulladás (hu) Italian: dermatite (it) f Japanese: 皮膚炎 (ひふえん, hifuen) Korean: 피부염(皮膚炎) (ko) (pibuyeom) Malay: radang kulit, dermatitis Ottoman Turkish: مایاسیل (mayasıl) Polish: zapalenie skóry (pl) n Portuguese: dermatite (pt) f Romanian: dermatită (ro) f Russian: дермати́т (ru) m (dermatít) Spanish: dermatitis (es) f, sarpullido (es) Tagalog: magambalat Ukrainian: дермати́т m (dermatýt) Volapük: skinaflamat

See also

• rash

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

dermatitis

Wikipedia ^id

Etymology

Internationalism, learned borrowing from New Latin dermatītis, from Ancient Greek δερματῖτις (dermatîtis).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /dɛrmaˈtitis/ [dɛr.maˈt̪i.t̪ɪs]
• Rhymes: -itis
• Syllabification: der‧ma‧ti‧tis

Noun

dermatitis (uncountable)

1. (pathology, dermatology) dermatitis

Derived terms

• dermatitis aseptika
• dermatitis atopik
• dermatitis eksfoliatif
• dermatitis intertriginosa
• dermatitis kontak
• dermatitis numularis
• dermatitis perioral
• dermatitis seboroik
• dermatitis statis

Further reading

• “dermatitis”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δερματῖτις (dermatîtis).

Noun

dermatītis f (genitive dermatītidis); third declension

1. (New Latin, pathology) dermatitis

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	dermatītis	dermatītidēs
genitive	dermatītidis	dermatītidum
dative	dermatītidī	dermatītidibus
accusative	dermatītidem	dermatītidēs
ablative	dermatītide	dermatītidibus
vocative	dermatītis	dermatītidēs

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deɾmaˈtitis/ [d̪eɾ.maˈt̪i.t̪is]
• Rhymes: -itis
• Syllabification: der‧ma‧ti‧tis

Noun

dermatitis f (uncountable)

1. dermatitis

Further reading

• “dermatitis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025