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dermography

dermography noun: a change in skin coloration in response to an irritating stimulus, such as scratching.

Noun

dermography (uncountable)

  1. A change in skin coloration in response to an irritating stimulus, such as scratching.
    • In her, too, dermography could not be induced by the ordinary methods. It is therefore supposed that electric dermography may be added to the list of the vasomotor symptoms of Basedow's disease.1894, Glasgow Medical Journal, page 467
    • Even the shortest neurological examination should include the test for dermography.1953, Robert Wartenberg, Diagnostic Tests in Neurology

Origin of dermography

From derm- + -o- + -graphy.

Questions about dermography

What does dermography mean?
Dermography means a change in skin coloration in response to an irritating stimulus, such as scratching.
What part of speech is dermography?
Dermography is a noun.

Words near dermography in the dictionary

  1. dermographia
  2. dermographic
  3. dermographism
  4. dermographisms
  5. dermographs
  6. dermography
  7. dermohaemal
  8. dermoid
  9. dermoid cyst
  10. dermoid cysts
  11. dermoidectomy

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