the study of
Theo = God logy= study
Derm is the root word in dermatology. This word roughly translates to the study of skin.
There are no words that start with "logy", except for the word "logy".However, many words start with the suffix "-logy" or "the study of", including biology, glaciology, geology, paleontology, pathology, and entomology.
Combining form derm/o means: skin
derm- is the root that basically means "skin".
dermatitis inflammation of the skin derm is the root word and means skin derm/a root combining form is the letter derm/a/ itis suffix (itis) meaning inflammation
Some nouns with the suffix -logy are:analogyanesthesiologyanthropologyapologyarchaeologyastrologyaudiologybiologycardiologychronologyclimatologycosmetologycriminologycryptologycytologydermatologyecologyendocrinologyentomologyeulogygemologygenealogygynecologyhematologyhydrologyichthyologyimmunologymeteorologymethodologymicrobiologymineralogymythologynanotechnologyneonatologynumerologyontologyophthalmologyornithologypaleontologyparasitologypathologypharmacologypsychologyradiologyrheumatologyseismologyserologysociologytechnologyterminologytheologytoxicologytrilogyvulcanologyzoology
answ2. logy as in biology, geology metrology etc means study of. Related to the word logic.
"logy" means the science of. Like take Biology for instance... the beginning,bio meaning life; and the end, logy meaning the study of... so biology is the study of life.
Skin.
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