| dermatogen | <botany> Nascent epidermis, or external cuticle of plants in a forming condition. Origin: Gr, skin + -gen. <botany> Nascent epidermis, or external cuticle of plants in a forming condition. Origin: Gr, skin + -gen. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| dermatogenic torticollis | Painful stiff neck with limitation of motion due to extensive skin lesion in the area. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dermatoglyphics | The study of the patterns of ridges of the skin of the fingers, palms, toes, and soles. (12 Dec 1998) |
| dermatograph | The linear wheal made in the skin in dermatographism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dermatographism | A form of urticaria in which whealing occurs in the site and in the configuration of application of stroking (pressure, friction) of the skin. Synonym: autographism, dermagraphy, dermatography, dermographia, dermographism, dermography, factitious urticaria, skin writing, urticaria factitia. Origin: dermato-+ G. Grapho, to write (05 Mar 2000) |
| dermatography | An anatomical description of, or treatise on, the skin. Origin: Gr, skin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| dermatoheteroplasty | Rarely used term for dermatoxenoplasty. Origin: dermato-+ G. Heteros, another, + plastos, formed (05 Mar 2000) |
| dermatohomoplasty | An obsolete term for dermatoalloplasty. Origin: dermato-+ G. Homos, same, + plastos, formed (05 Mar 2000) |
| dermatoid | Resembling kin; skinlike. Origin: Gr, skin: cf. F. Dermatoide. Cf. Dermoid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| dermatologic | Having to do with the skin. (12 Dec 1998) |
| dermatologic agents | Drugs used to treat or prevent skin disorders or for the routine care of skin. (12 Dec 1998) |
| dermatologic, dermatological | <anatomy> Pertaining to dermatology, of or affecting the skin. (18 Nov 1997) |
| dermatologist | <specialist> A specialist expert in the treatment of disorders of the skin. (27 Sep 1997) |
| dermatology | <study> The field of medicine that specialises in the treatment of skin disorders. (27 Sep 1997) |
| dermatolysis | Loosening of the skin or atrophy of the skin by disease; erroneously used as a synonym for cutis laxa. Synonym: dermolysis. Origin: dermato-+ G. Lysis, a loosening (05 Mar 2000) |