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Words with a similar base: dermatoglyphics

'dermatoglyphics'

[dermatoglyphics.n.01] as in: 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

Examples:
some criminologists specialize in dermatoglyphics

'dermatoglyphics'

[dermatoglyphic.n.01] as in: the lines that form patterns on the skin (especially on the fingertips and the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet)

Origins

					dermatoglyphics (English)
├── -glyphics (English)
└── dermato- (English)
    └── δέρμα (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
        └── δέρω (Ancient Greek (to 1453))