A skin and integumentary tissue symptom that is characterized by an inflammatory condition of the skin with redness, itching, and oozing vesicular lesions, which become scaly, crusted, or hardened. [ url:http://www2.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/mwmednlm?book=Medical&va=eczema ]
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A skin and integumentary tissue symptom that is characterized by an inflammatory condition of the skin with redness, itching, and oozing vesicular lesions, which become scaly, crusted, or hardened.