Meaning of adermatoglyphia | Babel Free

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1. The rare congenital absence of epidermal ridges (fingerprints and toeprints).
   uncountable
2. The autosomally dominant genetic disorder which causes this condition.
   uncountable

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“Dyskeratosis congenita is a rare congenital syndrome, characterized by the triad of reticular skin pigmentation, mucosal leukoplakia, and nail dystrophy, plus the predisposition to bone marrow failure and malignancy. […] Other cutaneous findings may include⟳ alopecia, hyperkeratosis of the palms and soles, and adermatoglyphia (loss of dermal ridges on fingers and toes).”

“A problem in forensics for this type⟳ of identification is people who are born without or do not have⟳ fingerprints. A Swiss woman and a portion of her family members were born without fingerprints in a condition called adermatoglyphia. Her genotype was mapped and discovered she had a point⟳ mutation in the SMARCAD1 gene located in the chromosome 4q22, which caused her to be born without the loops, whorls, and arches in her digits that are associated with fingerprints[…]. There are other cases that result⟳ in adermatoglyphia such as the disease dermatopathia pigmentosa reticularis, Naegeli syndrome, and manual removal of one's fingerprints which is a temporary but painful technique.”

“Monogenic disorders offer⟳ unique opportunities for researchers to shed⟳ light⟳ upon fundamental physiological processes in humans. We investigated a large family affected with autosomal-dominant adermatoglyphia (absence of fingerprints) also known as the "immigration delay⟳ disease."”

“A rare genetic condition called adermatoglyphia leaves some people with no fingerprints at all.”

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