contact dermatitis Definition
contact dermatitis
noun
dermatitis caused by direct contact with an irritating substance, as an allergen or chemical
contact dermatitis Usage Examples
Converse of object
- cause: P Patch test A skin test that can show which substances are causing contact dermatitis or eczema.
- develop: In fact, some people who used Vitamin E oil developed a contact dermatitis over.. .
- produce: A statement that the leaves can produce contact dermatitis ( Massey 1941 ) requires confirmation.
- have: The flower of this species appeared to be the responsible agent in a farmer aged 35 years who had contact dermatitis of the hands.
- report: Hartmann & Schlegel ( 1980 ) reported contact dermatitis from the wood dust of this species in a Swiss woodworker.
- induce: Many plants in this family appear to be capable of inducing contact dermatitis.
Adjective modifier
- allergic: Also, a negative patch test result can be useful to exclude an allergic contact dermatitis.
- irritant: The most frequent adverse effect is an irritant contact dermatitis.
- occupational: Because of this it is sometimes called ' occupational contact dermatitis ' .
Noun used with modifier
plant: It is among the 14 most common causes of plant contact dermatitis in the Dominican Republic ( Brache & Aquino 1978 ).
Preposition: in
- worker: Edinburgh: E & S Livingstone Ltd. Werz, J.F.C. ( 1949 ) Contact dermatitis in workers in quinine plant.
- gardener: Bleumink E and Nater JP ( 1974 ) Contact dermatitis in a gardener caused by daffodils.
- man: Plants of the family Anacardiaceae are probably the most common single cause of contact dermatitis in man.
Preposition: of
hand: The flower of this species appeared to be the responsible agent in a farmer aged 35 years who had contact dermatitis of the hands.
Preposition: from
- vegetation: Shelmire B ( 1940 ) Contact dermatitis from vegetation.
- weed: Shelmire B ( 1939 ) Contact dermatitis from weeds; patch testing with their oleoresins.
- plant: One of the authors ( A.J.R. ) has also seen a case of contact dermatitis from this plant.
- oil: Follicular contact dermatitis from citronella oil was observed by Lane ( 1922 ).
- wood: Species of this genus are among the six commoner causes of contact dermatitis from woods in France ( Zafiropoulo et al.
- isothiocyanate: Richter G ( 1980 ) Allergic contact dermatitis from methyl isothiocyanate in soil disinfectants.
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