dermatology

Term : dermatology

Origin: Anc Greek δέρμα/derma(=skin beneath the epidermis) + -λογία/logia(=study of)

> δέρμα --> δεσμά/desma(=bonds) because skin keeps the body tight > δέρω/dero(=to peel, to flay)

> λόγος/logos(=speech, word, discourse)

Coined :

 in  1764 as dermologie (French) and later as  dermatologia ( 1777). The first who regarded the skin as a living organ of the body was the founder of French dermatology Anne Robert Willan (1757-1812) started the modern stream of dermatology. The first dermatological society in the world was founded in New York in 1869.

Definition
Dermatology is the branch of medicine which about the skin and its diseases