desk officer
- n a military officer who is not assigned to active duty
dermatoglyphics
- n 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 - n the lines that form patterns on the skin (especially on the fingertips and the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet)
dermatologist
- n a doctor who specializes in the physiology and pathology of the skin