Plural form referring to multiple parasitic animals that infest the skin; a collective term for skin parasites.
From Greek 'derma' (skin) + 'zoa' (plural of zoon, animals). This is the standard plural form used in scientific literature describing multiple parasitic organisms.
The study of dermatozzoa revealed that what Victorian doctors called 'mysterious itching diseases' were often simply infestations that could be treated with proper antiparasitic medications.
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