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Pompholyx vs Eczema - What's the difference?

pompholyx | eczema |

As nouns the difference between pompholyx and eczema

is that pompholyx is (medicine) dyshidrosis while eczema is eczema.

pompholyx

English

Noun

(-)
  • (medicine) dyshidrosis
  • (chemistry, obsolete) impure zinc oxide

    • Derived terms

    * cheiropompholyx * podopompholyx (Webster 1913)

    eczema

    English

    (wikipedia eczema)

    Noun

  • An acute or chronic inflammation of the skin, characterized by redness, itching, and the outbreak of oozing vesicular lesions which become encrusted and scaly. It is noncontagious.

    • Hypernyms

    * dermatitis

    Derived terms

    * eczematic * eczematous