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dermatrophy

dermatrophy noun: atrophy (a thinning) of the skin.

Noun

dermatrophy (uncountable)

  1. atrophy (a thinning) of the skin

Origin of dermatrophy

From dermo- + atrophy.

Questions about dermatrophy

What does dermatrophy mean?
Dermatrophy means atrophy (a thinning) of the skin.
What part of speech is dermatrophy?
Dermatrophy is a noun.

Words near dermatrophy in the dictionary

  1. dermatoxin
  2. dermatoxins
  3. Dermatozoenwahn
  4. Dermatozoenwahns
  5. dermatrophic
  6. dermatrophy
  7. dermcidin
  8. Dermer
  9. dermestid
  10. dermestids
  11. dermestoid

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