Dermatology

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The study of the skin and its diseases. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the branch of medicine dealing with the skin and its diseases wordnet

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medicine

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"Mennad wanted to do dermatology."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δέρμα (dérma, “skin, hide”) + -logy. Analysable as dermato- + -logy.

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