DERMATOLOGY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dermatology mean? 

• DERMATOLOGY (noun)
  The noun DERMATOLOGY has 1 sense:

1. the branch of medicine dealing with the skin and its diseases

  Familiarity information: DERMATOLOGY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DERMATOLOGY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The branch of medicine dealing with the skin and its diseases

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("dermatology" is a kind of...):

medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)

Derivation:

dermatologic; dermatological (of or relating to or practicing dermatology)

dermatologist (a doctor who specializes in the physiology and pathology of the skin)

 Context examples 

Having to do with the skin, relating to or practicing dermatology.

(Dermatologic, NCI Thesaurus)

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