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DERMATOGLYPHICS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dermatoglyphics mean? 

DERMATOGLYPHICS (noun)
  The noun DERMATOGLYPHICS has 1 sense:

1. the study of the whorls and loops and arches in the fingertips and on the palms of the hand and the soles of the feetplay

  Familiarity information: DERMATOGLYPHICS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DERMATOGLYPHICS (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Context example:

some criminologists specialize in dermatoglyphics

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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