Fingerprinting

n. recording of a person's fingerprints

v. record the fingerprints of a person

A fingerprint is an impression of the friction ridges of all or any part of the finger. A friction ridge is a raised portion of the epidermis on the palmar (palm and fingers) or plantar (sole and toes) skin, consisting of one or more connected ridge units of friction ridge skin. These ridges are sometimes known as "dermal ridges" or "dermal papillae".
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Noun
1. the procedure of taking inked impressions of a person's fingerprints for the purpose of identification
(hypernym) procedure, process
(derivation) fingerprint

Noun
1. biometric identification from a print made by an impression of the ridges in the skin of a finger; often used as evidence in criminal investigations
(hypernym) print, black and white
(hyponym) loop
2. a generic term for any identifying characteristic; "that tax bill had the senator's fingerprints all over it"
(hypernym) identification
3. a smudge made by a (dirty) finger
(synonym) fingermark
(hypernym) smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur
Verb
1. take an impression of a person's fingerprints
(hypernym) reproduce
(derivation) fingermark

The use of RFLPs or repeat sequence DNA to establish a unique individual-specific pattern of DNA fragments.

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