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dermatophilosis

dermatophilosis noun: a form of exudative dermatitis found in the tropics.

Noun

dermatophilosis (uncountable)

  1. A form of exudative dermatitis found in the tropics
    • In Israeli dairy herds, the high prevalence of infectious cutaneous diseases such as dermatophilosis and pseudotuberculosis, caused by Dermatophilus congolensis and Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis respectively, might be attributed to the extensive adoption of evaporative cooling systems in these...2015 September 26, “Diversity of Bacterial Biofilm Communities on Sprinklers from Dairy Farm Cooling Systems in Israel”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of dermatophilosis

From Dermatophilus, the causative agent, + -osis.

Questions about dermatophilosis

What does dermatophilosis mean?
Dermatophilosis means a form of exudative dermatitis found in the tropics.
What part of speech is dermatophilosis?
Dermatophilosis is a noun.

Words near dermatophilosis in the dictionary

  1. dermatopathophobia
  2. dermatopathy
  3. dermatophagia
  4. dermatophagic
  5. dermatophagy
  6. dermatophilosis
  7. dermatophyte
  8. dermatophytes
  9. dermatophytic
  10. dermatophytid
  11. dermatophytids

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