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dermatology

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌdɜːməˈtɒləd͡ʒi/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Atlantic-Canada, General-American: /ˌdɝməˈtɑləd͡ʒi/
  • Canada, dialectal: /ˌdɝməˈtɒləd͡ʒi/ of the US
  • Australian: /ˌdɜːməˈtɔləd͡ʒi/
  • New-Zealand: /ˌdøːməˈtɔ̟ləd͡ʒi/
  • CMU ARPABET: D ER2 M AH0 T AA1 L AH0 JH IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The study of the skin and its diseases.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the branch of medicine dealing with the skin and its diseases

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: medicine, medical specialty

History

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δέρμα (dérma, “skin, hide”) + -logy. Analysable as dermato- + -logy.

Across languages

Translations

53 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: dermatologjia — the study of the skin and its diseases
  • Amharic: የቆዳ ህክምና (yäḳoda həkməna) — the study of the skin and its diseases
  • Arabic: طِبّ الأَمْرَاض الجِلْدِيَّة (ṭibb al-ʔamrāḍ al-jildiyya) — the study of the skin and its diseases
  • Armenian: մաշկաբանություն (maškabanutʻyun) — the study of the skin and its diseases
  • Basque: dermatologia — the study of the skin and its diseases
  • Belarusian: дэрматалогія (dermatalóhija) — the study of the skin and its diseases
  • Catalan: dermatologia — the study of the skin and its diseases
  • Chinese Mandarin: 皮膚病學 /皮肤病学 (pífūbìngxué) — the study of the skin and its diseases
  • Chinese Mandarin: 皮膚科 /皮肤科 (pífūkē) — the study of the skin and its diseases
  • Czech: dermatologie — the study of the skin and its diseases
  • Danish: dermatologi — the study of the skin and its diseases
  • Dutch: dermatologie — the study of the skin and its diseases
  • Dzongkha: པགས་ནད་རིག་པ (pags nad rig pa) — the study of the skin and its diseases
  • Esperanto: dermatologio — the study of the skin and its diseases
  • Estonian: dermatoloogia — the study of the skin and its diseases
  • Faroese: húðsjúkufrøði — the study of the skin and its diseases
  • Finnish: ihotautioppi — the study of the skin and its diseases
  • Finnish: dermatologia — the study of the skin and its diseases
  • French: dermatologie — the study of the skin and its diseases
  • Galician: dermatoloxía — the study of the skin and its diseases
  • German: Dermatologie — the study of the skin and its diseases
  • Greek: δερματολογία (dermatología) — the study of the skin and its diseases
  • Hebrew: רפואת עור — the study of the skin and its diseases
  • Hindi: त्वचाविज्ञान (tvacāvijñān) — the study of the skin and its diseases
  • Hungarian: bőrgyógyászat — the study of the skin and its diseases
  • Hungarian: dermatológia — the study of the skin and its diseases
  • Icelandic: húðsjúkdómafræði — the study of the skin and its diseases
  • Irish: deirmeolaíocht — the study of the skin and its diseases
  • Italian: dermatologia — the study of the skin and its diseases
  • Japanese: 皮膚科学 (hifukagaku) — the study of the skin and its diseases
  • Khmer: តចវិទ្យា (ta’cha’ vityie) — the study of the skin and its diseases
  • Korean: 피부과학 (pibugwahak) — the study of the skin and its diseases
  • Latvian: dermatoloģija — the study of the skin and its diseases
  • Lithuanian: dermatologija — the study of the skin and its diseases
  • Malay: kaji penyakit kulit — the study of the skin and its diseases
  • Malay: dermatologi — the study of the skin and its diseases
  • Mongolian: арьс судлал (arʹs sudlal) — the study of the skin and its diseases
  • Polish: dermatologia — the study of the skin and its diseases
  • Portuguese: dermatologia — the study of the skin and its diseases
  • Romanian: dermatologie — the study of the skin and its diseases
  • Russian: дерматоло́гия (dermatológija) — the study of the skin and its diseases
  • Serbo-Croatian: dermatologija — the study of the skin and its diseases
  • Slovak: dermatológia — the study of the skin and its diseases
  • Slovak: kožné lekárstvo — the study of the skin and its diseases
  • Spanish: dermatología — the study of the skin and its diseases
  • Swedish: dermatologi — the study of the skin and its diseases
  • Tagalog: palabalatan — the study of the skin and its diseases
  • Tamil: தோலியல் (tōliyal) — the study of the skin and its diseases
  • Thai: ตจวิทยา — the study of the skin and its diseases
  • Turkish: dermatoloji — the study of the skin and its diseases
  • Ukrainian: дерматологія (dermatolohija) — the study of the skin and its diseases
  • Vietnamese: khoa da liễu — the study of the skin and its diseases
  • Welsh: dermatoleg — the study of the skin and its diseases