An alternative spelling or variant of dermatitis; inflammation of the skin with redness, itching, and possible blistering.
From 'derm-' + '-itis' (inflammation), with a variant spelling that includes both 'derm' and an etymological remnant. This represents the linguistic evolution as medical terminology standardized.
Dermititis is an older spelling variant that you'll find in historical medical texts, showing how modern medicine consolidated its terminology into the now-standard 'dermatitis.'
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