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fingerprint medical definition
noun
- An impression on a surface of the curves formed by the ridges on a fingertip, especially such an impression made in ink and used as a means of identification.
- A distinctive or identifying mark or characteristic.
- An analytical method capable of making fine distinctions between similar compounds.
- To take fingerprints of.
- To identify by a distinctive mark or characteristic.
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