A plea to expunge the word “eczema” from the lexicon of dermatology and dermatopathology

Abstract

Despite its common use for centuries, the term eczema has never been defined in a repeatable way. Although there have been innumerable attempts to do that, the word eczema still lacks specific meaning. Dermatology and dermatopathology can come of age only when the word eczema is no longer used.