Dermatology from the greek word dermatos which apparently meant "skin, hide or leather".
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Dictionary.com, "dermatologist," in Online Etymology Dictionary. Source location: Douglas Harper, Historian. Accessed: February 12, 2010.
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The term that means the study of is "ology," such as biology, psychology, or geology.
answ2. logy as in biology, geology metrology etc means study of. Related to the word logic.
This is not a prefix, but a suffix. Biology, geology, zoology, are just some of the words with ology. This means the "study of" in latin.
Biology is when you study living organisms divided into many specialized fields that cover their morphology. You use biology to help study jellyfish which means you study their behavior, physiology, anatomy, origin, and distribution. You can use geology to study their structure, body, and substance.
Dermatology is the study of skin and skin related topics. The word breaks down into, derma- = skin, and -ology = the study of
Dermatologis means pertaining to dermatology, treatment of the skin.
The root "log" means word or study. This root is commonly found in words like "biology" (study of life) and "geology" (study of the earth).
Dermatology
Annular means like a ring, or round in shape. Several things in dermatology cause annular rashes.
It means the study of... Like geology means the study of earth.
It means "the study of". zoology is the study of animals, Geology is the study of the earth.
The suffix "-ology" in English means the study or science of a particular subject or field. For example, "biology" means the study of living organisms, "psychology" means the study of the mind and behavior, and "geology" means the study of the earth's history and structure.