DERMATOLOGY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)