baker's eczema

7.6

A skin problem on the hands caused by touching flour or other baking ingredients

noun
/ˈbeɪkərz ɪkˈzima/

Specialized

: eczema del panadero

After years of working in the bakery, she developed baker's eczema on her hands.

Examples

Frequent exposure to flour is a leading cause of baker's eczema among professional bakers.
Doctors recommend wearing gloves to prevent baker's eczema in people sensitive to baking ingredients.
Many bakers suffer from baker's eczema.
Is baker's eczema common among pastry chefs?
After years of working in the bakery, she developed baker's eczema on her hands.
Doctors recommend wearing gloves to prevent baker's eczema in people sensitive to baking ingredients.
Frequent exposure to flour is a leading cause of baker's eczema among professional bakers.

Synonyms

eczema

vsbaker's eczema

Specialized

14 4.7

A skin problem that makes patches red, itchy, dry, or cracked

is the allergic form of this disorder triggered by specific substances at work

allergic eczema

vsbaker's eczema

Specialized

4.1

A skin condition that makes the skin red, itchy, and swollen after an allergy

is the same allergic skin reaction but caused specifically by exposure during baking

Surface Forms

baker's eczema singular

baker's eczemas plural

Morphology

baker's + eczema

The meaning — a form of eczema associated with bakers — is directly derivable from 'baker's' (possessive of baker) + 'eczema' (skin condition). The possessive occupational pattern (e.g. 'baker's asthma') is a common, compositional English structure and is likely understandable to a B1 learner who knows the two constituents.

Etymology

Baker's eczema shows the simple image of a baker's hands with eczema after touching flour and other baking ingredients that make the skin red and itchy. So, the term means 'a skin allergy' bakers can get from handling those ingredients.