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ˌdermatoˈglyphics
[f. dermato- + Gr. γλυϕικός (see glyphic a. and n.).]
The science or study of skin markings or patterns, esp. those of the fingers, hands, and feet; also, such skin markings themselves. Hence ˌdermatoˈglyphic a., ˌdermatoˈglyphically adv.
1926Cummins & Midlo in Amer. Jrnl. Phys. Anthropol. IX. 471 (title) Palmar and Plantar Epidermal Ridge Configurations (Dermatoglyphics) in European-Americans. Ibid., The term ‘dermatoglyphics’..is used herein for the first time... It is proposed..as a designation of the division of anatomy embracing the surface markings of skin. Ibid. 475 Methods of formulation are discussed..in company with the dermatoglyphic features which they symbolise. 1928Stedman Med. Dict. (ed. 10) 276/2 Dermatoglyphics, the surface markings (sharply sculptured ridges) of the skin, especially of the palmar and plantar regions. 1938Nature 3 Dec. 1001/1 The new quantitative method from dermatoglyphics. 1963Lancet 12 Jan. 114/2 The repeated demonstration of dermatoglyphic abnormalities in the autosomal trisomies..leads us to wonder whether each autosomal trisomy syndrome will prove to be dermatoglyphically distinctive. |