dermatosis

English

Etymology

From dermato- +‎ -osis.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌdɜːməˈtəʊsɪs/

Noun

dermatosis (plural dermatoses)

1. (medicine) Any disease of the skin.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with dermatitis, an inflammation of the skin that is a symptom of some dermatoses.

Derived terms

• acrodermatosis
• chromatodermatosis
• genodermatosis
• neurodermatosis
• photodermatosis

 

Translations

disease of the skin

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 皮膚病 / 皮肤病 (zh) (pífūbìng)

• Finnish: dermatoosi
• French: dermatose (fr) f
• Portuguese: dermatose (pt) f
• Russian: дермато́з (ru) m (dermatóz)

Spanish

Noun

dermatosis f (plural dermatosis)

1. dermatosis

Further reading

• “dermatosis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10