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ˈdermat-, ˈdermato- combining stem of Gr. δέρµα, δέρµατ- skin, hide, leather (e.g. Gr. δερµατοϕόρος clothed in skins) entering into numerous technical terms, as ‖ dermaˈtalgia Path., neuralgia or pain of the skin. ˈdermatin Min., a variety of hydrophite, forming an olive-green crust on serpentine (1832 Shepherd Min. 214). dermatine |ˈdɜːmətɪn|, a. [Gr. δερµάτινος of skin, leathern], = dermatic (Craig 1847). ˈdermatine n., name of an artificial substitute for leather, gutta-percha, etc. ‖ dermaˈtitis, inflammation of the skin. dermatoˈbranchia: see dermo-. ˈdermatogen Bot. [-gen1], the primordial cellular layer in the embryo plant, from which the epidermis is developed. ˌdermatoˈgraphia Path., = dermographism (s.v. dermo-). dermaˈtography [-graphy], description of the skin. ˈdermatol Chem. (see quot.). dermaˈtology [-logy], the branch of science which treats of the skin, its nature, qualities, diseases, etc.; hence dermatoˈlogical a., dermaˈtologist. ‖ dermaˈtolysis [λύσις loosening], a relaxed and pendulous condition of the skin in the face, abdomen, etc. ‖ dermatomyˈcosis [µύκης fungus + -osis], skin-disease caused by a vegetable parasite, such as ringworm. ‖ dermatoˈnosis [νόσος disease], skin-disease. ˌdermatopaˈthology, the pathology of the skin, the subject of skin-diseases. dermaˈtopathy [πάθος suffering, affection], cutaneous or skin-disease (Syd. Soc. Lex.). ˈdermatophone [ϕωνή voice], ‘a kind of flexible stethoscope, the two extremities of which are covered by a tight membrane of thin india-rubber’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.). dermaˈtophony, the use of the dermatophone applied to the surface of the living body; the observation of the sounds thus heard. ˈdermatophyte = dermo-(phyte). ˈdermatoˌplasty [πλαστός moulded, formed], ‘the remedying of skin defects by a plastic operation’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.). ˈdermatopsy, ‘skin vision’, sensitiveness of the animal skin to light. Dermaˈtoptera = Dermaptera. dermaˈtoptic a. Zool. [ὀπτικός, of or for sight], having the skin sensitive to light, having ‘skin vision’. ‖ dermatoˈrrhœa [ῥοία flow], a morbidly increased secretion from the skin. ‖ dermatoscleˈrosis [σκλήρωσις hardening], hardening or induration of the skin; sclerodermia. ‖ dermaˈtosis [-osis], the formation of bony plates or scales in the skin; also a skin-disease (Syd. Soc. Lex.). dermato-ˈskeleton = dermo-(skeleton). dermaˈtotomy = dermo-(tomy). ‖ Dermatoˈzoa [ζῷον animal], animal parasites of the skin; hence ‖ dermatozoöˈnosis, skin-disease caused by animal parasites.
1851–60Mayne Expos. Lex., Dermatalgia..neuralgia of the skin; pain of the skin; dermatalgy. 1876Duhring Dis. Skin 510 Dermatalgia is an affection characterized by pain having its seat solely in the skin..unattended by structural change. Ibid. 60 Dermatitis, resulting from continued exposure to a high temperature. 1882Vines Sachs' Bot. 952 It is only in certain cases that the root-cap of Phanerogams is derived from the dermatogen. 1899L. D. Bulkley Man. Dis. Skin (ed. 4) xiii. 159 A name can be written on the skin with a blunt point (dermatographia, autographism). 1912H. French Index Diff. Diagnosis of Main Symptoms 771 If letters or figures are marked out on the skin in this way, they appear as though they had been written in red, so that the condition has also been termed dermatographia. 1851–60Mayne Expos. Lex., Dematography, term for a description of the skin. 1893Brit. Med. Jrnl. 1 Apr. 703/2 Dermatol is a yellow powder, insoluble in water and odourless; chemically it is a subgallate of bismuth. Ibid., Dermatol dusting powder, a preparation intended to serve as an appropriate application to moist or irritable conditions of the skin. 1891Times 14 Jan. 14/1 Read at the Dermatological Society in Paris. 1861Bumstead Ven. Dis. (1879) 815 This eruption has..been studied by a number of dermatologists. 1819Pantologia, Dermatology, a treatise on the skin. 1847in Craig. 1851–60in Mayne. 1876Duhring Dis. Skin 80 Dermatology, rightly viewed, is but a department of general medicine. Ibid. 371 Dermatolysis consists of a more or less circumscribed hypertrophy of the cutaneous structures..and a tendency to hang in folds. 1883Nature 22 Feb. 399/2 Experiments with regard to the ‘skin-vision’ of animals..of the earthworm, as representing the eyeless (or ‘dermatoptic’) lower animals, and the Triton as representative of the higher ‘ophthalmoptic’) eyed animals. 1866Fagge tr. Hebra's Dis. Skin I. ii. 33 Dermatoses..have long been divided, in reference to their etiology, into the symptomatic..and into the idiopathic. |