dermography
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]dermography (uncountable)
- A change in skin coloration in response to an irritating stimulus, such as scratching.
- 1894, Glasgow Medical Journal, page 467:
- 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.
- 1953, Robert Wartenberg, Diagnostic Tests in Neurology:
- Even the shortest neurological examination should include the test for dermography.