(n.) One who discourses on the skin and its diseases; one versed in dermatology.
Example Sentences:
(1) The information compiled in the computers as databases together with its capability to handle complex statistical analysis also enables dermatologists and computer scientists to develop expert systems to assist the dermatologist in the diagnosis and prognostication of diseases and to predict disease trends.
(2) The flexible adaptation of psychosomatic aspects to the current needs of dermatologists was found most important.
(3) Rating disagreements were resolved by a skilled dermatologist who acted as adjudicator.
(4) For the better part of the past century, dermatologists have regarded the skin primarily as a large protective coat.
(5) The advent of cyclosporine A provides the dermatologist with a new therapeutic strategem in the management of psoriasis, although the long-term safety of such interventional therapy remains to be discerned.
(6) It is a virtual certainty that the dermatologist will be called upon routinely to evaluate illness caused by occupational factors.
(7) Cutaneous signs are often seen in association with these conditions and careful attention to them by the dermatologist may be helpful in determining an accurate diagnosis and appropriate therapy.
(8) Dermatologists are now wearing gloves for most procedures.
(9) The skin colour of 807 participants was assessed in three ways: quantitatively, graded by a dermatologist, and self-reported.
(10) We describe an approach that is based on the thesis that dermatologists can and often should treat such patients.
(11) In conjunction with an epidemiologic study of some 550 office employees, 74 persons, who complained of skin symptoms, were examined by occupational dermatologists.
(12) According to the estimates of Connecticut dermatologists, out-of-state laboratories diagnosed 84 of 523 melanomas (16%) in Connecticut residents.
(13) In conclusion, high doses testosterone-treatment in excessively tall boys needs the additional care of dermatologist when mostly after a 7 months period acne begins to develop under this treatment.
(14) However, occasional cases of the extranasal variant are referred to a dermatologist as an unusual subcutaneous mass over the bridge of the nose, most often in an infant.
(15) In addition, we found that for an individual dermatologist differences occur from day to day.
(16) Competition between dermatologists and other physicians for patients with these three diagnoses is likely to increase.
(17) Dermatologists are able to use the Tzanck preparation effectively for diagnosing herpetic infections.
(18) An accidental intraocular injection of triamcinolone acetonide from a Dermojet syringe by a dermatologist is reported.
(19) The research, carried out by the British Association of Dermatologists, also revealed that a “shocking” 72% of people admitted having been sunburned in the previous year.
(20) Cutaneous horns usually represent compacted keratin arising from an underlying pathologic process and are important to dermatologists because they may indicate an underlying malignancy.
Dermatology
Definition:
(n.) The science which treats of the skin, its structure, functions, and diseases.
Example Sentences:
(1) Topical and systemic antibiotic therapy is common in dermatology, yet it is hard to find a rationale for a particular route in some diseases.
(2) However, an anti-nef antibody response was also seen in 5 of 93 (5%) nonrisk dermatological patients and in 4 of 37 (11%) healthy blood donors.
(3) Recognition and prompt treatment of this potentially fatal dermatological crisis is stressed.
(4) Using an oil painting by G.F. Watts displayed in the National Portrait Gallery of London, we made an attempt to diagnose the dermatological alterations recognizable.
(5) The notion of life-threatening dermatoses may seem to be a contradiction in terms, but in fact there are a number of serious dermatologic conditions that require prompt attention to prevent fatal consequences.
(6) The cases were all consecutive patients with a new diagnosis of lichen planus, and the controls were patients under dermatological care observed under the same conditions.
(7) The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1971-1974, provides the only data on the prevalence of dermatologic disease in the United States.
(8) More and more patients are coming to cosmetic and dermatologic surgeons for augmentation of their lips.
(9) A study was carried out using iontophoresis of lidocaine with epinephrine to determine the practicality of this method of delivering local anesthesia prior to invasive procedures in dermatology offices.
(10) A clinical dermatological examination was performed on 49 patients (30 males, 19 females; 24-64 years of age) 3.1 years after successful kidney transplantation.
(11) In comparative studies on some treatment-criteria of patients of a dermatological children-ward between 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975 and 1977 we found a tendency to increased out-patient-treatment, a reduction in period of clinical sojourn and a significant increase in patients drug consumption.
(12) Topical glucocorticoids are still among the dermatologicals most frequently used.
(13) Efforts to provide an increased focus on the primary care activities of internists have been characterized by some as requiring a substantial increase in experience with ambulatory patients and significant training time invested in office gynecology, office orthopedics, otorhinolaryngology, and dermatology.
(14) Reports in the literature about cinnamon oil toxicity are limited to allergic reactions and local irritant effects from dermatologic exposure.
(15) Dermatology nurses are playing an increasing role in the assessment and care of HIV-infected patients.
(16) In vivo ultrasound examination has been introduced into dermatology as a non-invasive diagnostic technique.
(17) Although some are well described in the literature, the findings in others are insufficiently detailed from a dermatologic point of view.
(18) The major system involvement included otorhinolaryngeal, respiratory, arthritic, renal, cardiovascular, dermatologic, and neurologic diseases.
(19) Current knowledge of genes relevant to dermatology is discussed.
(20) The author describes 10 patients with this disorder and suggests a relation to angioedema, a common dermatologic condition with numerous triggering mechanisms.