adermatoglyphia

Noun

adermatoglyphia (uncountable)

1. The absence of epidermal ridges (fingerprints and toeprints).
   • 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...2011, “Genodermatoses”, in Lawrence Charles Parish, Sarah Brenner, Marcia Ramos-e-Silva, Jennifer L. Parish, editors, Manual of Gender Dermatology, Sudbury, Mass.: Jones & Bartlett Learning, →ISBN...
   • 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...2016, Robert A. Norman, Marty Walsh, “Forensic Dermatology”, in Robert A. Norman, editor, Personalized, Evolutionary, and Ecological Dermatology, [Cham, Switzerland]: Springer Nature, →DOI, →ISBN...
   1. (specifically) An autosomal dominant genetic disorder, caused by mutations in the SMARCAD1 gene, resulting in the absence of epidermal ridges.
      • 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."2011 August 12, Janna Nousbeck et al., “A Mutation in a Skin-specific Isoform of SMARCAD1 Causes Autosomal-dominant Adermatoglyphia”, in American Journal of Human Genetics, volume 89, number 2, →DOI...
      • A rare genetic condition called adermatoglyphia leaves some people with no fingerprints at all.2017, Graham Lawton, Jeremy Webb, “The Body”, in How to be Human: The Ultimate Guide to Your Amazing Existence, London: John Murray; New York, N.Y.: Nicholas Brealey Publishing, →ISBN