facial eczema

noun

1. a disease of sheep and cattle, occurring in warm areas of North Island, New Zealand. It is caused by a fungus, Pithomyces chartarum, and causes impairment of liver function and reddening, itching, scab formation, and swelling of the skin, esp on the face

Example Sentences

For facial eczema, nurses will wrap the face with wet gauze and surgical netting.

From Seattle Times

Another youngster, Lorene, who lives in Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant ghetto, was so withdrawn before being exposed to poetry therapy that she stayed out of school, refused treatment for her disfiguring facial eczema and sought escape in alcohol.

From Time Magazine Archive