noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK:/ˌdɜːməˈtɒlədʒɪst/
US:/ˌdɝ.məˈtɑ.lə.d͡ʒɪst/
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1
noun
Meaning 1
A person who is skilled in, professes or practices dermatology.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
a doctor who specializes in the physiology and pathology of the skin
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: skin doctor
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: specialist, medical specialist
History
Etymology
From dermatology + -ist or dermato- + -logist.
Across languages
Translations
51 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
մաշկաբան
(maškaban)
— one who is skilled, professes or practices dermatology
Catalan:
dermatòleg
— one who is skilled, professes or practices dermatology
Catalan:
dermatòloga
— one who is skilled, professes or practices dermatology
Chinese Mandarin:
皮膚科醫生 /皮肤科医生
(pífūkē yīshēng)
— one who is skilled, professes or practices dermatology
Czech:
dermatolog
— one who is skilled, professes or practices dermatology
Danish:
dermatolog
— one who is skilled, professes or practices dermatology
Danish:
hudspecialist
— one who is skilled, professes or practices dermatology
Dutch:
dermatoloog
— one who is skilled, professes or practices dermatology
Dutch:
huidarts
— one who is skilled, professes or practices dermatology
Esperanto:
dermatologo
— one who is skilled, professes or practices dermatology
Finnish:
ihotautilääkäri
— one who is skilled, professes or practices dermatology
French:
dermatologue
— one who is skilled, professes or practices dermatology
Galician:
dermatólogo
— one who is skilled, professes or practices dermatology
German:
Dermatologe
— one who is skilled, professes or practices dermatology
German:
Dermatologin
— one who is skilled, professes or practices dermatology
German:
Hautarzt
— one who is skilled, professes or practices dermatology
German:
Hautärztin
— one who is skilled, professes or practices dermatology
Greek:
δερματολόγος
(dermatológos)
— one who is skilled, professes or practices dermatology
Hungarian:
bőrgyógyász
— one who is skilled, professes or practices dermatology
Hungarian:
dermatológus
— one who is skilled, professes or practices dermatology
Icelandic:
húðsjúkdómafræðingur
— one who is skilled, professes or practices dermatology
Irish:
deirmeolaí
— one who is skilled, professes or practices dermatology
Italian:
dermatologo
— one who is skilled, professes or practices dermatology
Italian:
dermatologa
— one who is skilled, professes or practices dermatology
Japanese:
皮膚科医
(hihuka-i)
— one who is skilled, professes or practices dermatology
Kazakh:
тері ауруының дәрігері
(terı auruynyñ därıgerı)
— one who is skilled, professes or practices dermatology
Kazakh:
дерматолог
(dermatolog)
— one who is skilled, professes or practices dermatology
Kyrgyz:
дерматолог
(dermatolog)
— one who is skilled, professes or practices dermatology
Latin:
dermatologista
— one who is skilled, professes or practices dermatology
Latin:
dermatologistus
— one who is skilled, professes or practices dermatology
Luxembourgish:
Hautdokter
— one who is skilled, professes or practices dermatology
Norwegian Bokmål:
hudlege
— one who is skilled, professes or practices dermatology
Norwegian Nynorsk:
hudlege
— one who is skilled, professes or practices dermatology
Polish:
dermatolog
— one who is skilled, professes or practices dermatology
Portuguese:
dermatologista
— one who is skilled, professes or practices dermatology
Romanian:
dermatolog
— one who is skilled, professes or practices dermatology
Romanian:
dermatologă
— one who is skilled, professes or practices dermatology
Russian:
дермато́лог
(dermatólog)
— one who is skilled, professes or practices dermatology
Slovak:
kožiar
— one who is skilled, professes or practices dermatology
Slovak:
kožiarka
— one who is skilled, professes or practices dermatology
Slovak:
kožný lekár
— one who is skilled, professes or practices dermatology
Slovak:
kožná lekárka
— one who is skilled, professes or practices dermatology
Slovak:
dermatológ
— one who is skilled, professes or practices dermatology
Slovak:
dermatologička
— one who is skilled, professes or practices dermatology
Spanish:
dermatólogo
— one who is skilled, professes or practices dermatology
Swahili:
daktari wa ngozi
— one who is skilled, professes or practices dermatology
Swedish:
dermatolog
— one who is skilled, professes or practices dermatology
Swedish:
hudläkare
— one who is skilled, professes or practices dermatology
Tagalog:
palabalat
— one who is skilled, professes or practices dermatology
Tagalog:
dermatologo
— one who is skilled, professes or practices dermatology
Turkish:
dermatolog
— one who is skilled, professes or practices dermatology
