dermography

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

derm- +‎ -o- +‎ -graphy

Noun[edit]

dermography (uncountable)

  1. 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.