Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun dermatoglyphics

1 sense of dermatoglyphics

Sense 1
dermatoglyphics -- (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; "some criminologists specialize in dermatoglyphics")
       => life science, bioscience -- (any of the branches of natural science dealing with the structure and behavior of living organisms)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun dermatoglyphic

1 sense of dermatoglyphic

Sense 1
dermatoglyphic -- (the lines that form patterns on the skin (especially on the fingertips and the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet))
       => wrinkle, furrow, crease, crinkle, seam, line -- (a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles")