dermography

English

Etymology

From derm- +‎ -o- +‎ -graphy.

Noun

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.