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cheiloscopy

noun

a forensic investigation technique that deals with identification of humans based on lip traces.

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Word length
11
Starts with
C
Ends with
Y
Contains
HE
Scrabble score
23
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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noun

  1. a forensic investigation technique that deals with identification of humans based on lip traces.

    “Lip prints and their study, cheiloscopy, have been the topic of research and are also occasionally mentioned in literature by a detective, a crime scene investigator, or an examiner in another field of evidence comparison.”

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Lip prints and their study, cheiloscopy, have been the topic of research and are also occasionally mentioned in literature by a detective, a crime scene investigator, or an examiner in another field of evidence comparison.
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