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It might be dactylphobia... Dactylscopy is the study of fingerprints, coming from the Greek word daktulos, meaning finger, and phobia obviously being 'fear'...in the words of Gus Portokalos of My Big Fat Greek Wedding, "So there you go."

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The fear of fingerprints is called dactylophobia.

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