dermatology
dermatology
Definition
der·ma·tol·ogy (dʉr′mə täl′ə jē)
Related Forms:
- dermatologic der′·ma·to·log′ic (-tə läj′ik) adjective or dermatological der′·ma·to·log′i·cal (-läj′i kəl)
- dermatologist der′·ma·tol′o·gist noun
dermatology
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- include: The course is suitable for medical and non-medical practitioners from a range os specialities including dermatology, primary care, tissue viability and A&E.
- find: Difficulties of Learning Dermatology Students often find Dermatology hard.
Preposition: in
- care: To encourage an interest and provide an arena to promote and establish a clearer understanding of dermatology in primary care.
Adjective modifier
- pediatric: There are now nurse-led clinics for acne, hand eczema, psoriasis, minor surgery, and pediatric dermatology.
- veterinary: The principal investigators are specialists in veterinary dermatology with an interest in hair loss.
- experimental: Experimental Dermatology, 7 ( 1 ), 11-13 ( Feb ).
- clinical: He was a mine of information on clinical dermatology, mostly of the anecdotal variety.
- British: See also Stephen Gold's " History of British Dermatology " .
- general: She is recognized as a skin care expert in the field of atopic dermatitis and general dermatology.
Modifies a noun
- outpatient: In most major hospitals the volume of Dermatology outpatients will exceed that for the whole of Internal Medicine.
- clinic: A variety of outpatient dermatology clinics are run every week.
- nurse: Alternatively try to get an earlier appointment with your dermatology nurse.
- department: These patients are referred from either the dermatology department or their own doctor.
- nursing: Pat Kelly followed with a moving presentation on dermatology nursing in South Africa.
- consultant: Skin detachment from my body was vast, almost 60 per cent: my dermatology consultant thought I was going to die.
Noun used with modifier
- specialist: In this post they are undergoing 4 years specialist dermatology training.
- hospital: A small proportion of clinical assistants are not GP's and spend most of the week in the hospital dermatology clinic.
- care: The primary care dermatology service was developed to provide a unique GP-led service to improve access to dermatology care in the local community.
- community: They will also be operating a telephone advice service for patients who are already seen by the community dermatology service.
- animal: Chris is an RCVS recognized specialist in this field, whilst Martine holds the certificate of small animal dermatology.
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