DERMATOGLYPHICS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The study of the whorls and loops and arches in the fingertips and on the palms of the hand and the soles of the feet

Example:

some criminologists specialize in dermatoglyphics

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("dermatoglyphics" is a kind of...):

bioscience; life science (any of the branches of natural science dealing with the structure and behavior of living organisms)

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