(n)a now rare complication of vaccinia superimposed on atopic dermatitis with high fever and generalized vesicles and papulovesicles, Syn.Kaposi's varicelliform eruption
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n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'e`kzema; "ek out + zei^n to boil.] (Med.) 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. [1913 Webster]