dactylo-, dactyl-, dactylio-, -dactyl, -dactyla, -dactylia, -dactylic, -dactylism, -dactyloid, -dactylous, -dactyly
(Greek: finger, toe)
platydactyl
With flattened-out fingers and toes; for example, certain tailless amphibians.
polydactyl
1. A developmental anomaly characterized by the presence of supernumerary digits (fingers or toes) on the hands and/or feet.
2. Having more than the normal number of fingers or toes.
2. Having more than the normal number of fingers or toes.
polydactylism
Having more than the normal number of fingers or toes.
polydactyly
A reference to having more than the normal number of fingers or toes.
polysyndactyly
Having two or more instances in the same individual of side-to-side fusion of digits.
pterodactyl
1. Any of various small, mostly tailless, extinct flying reptiles of the order Pterosauria that existed during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.
2. Etymology: from the Modern Latin genus name, from Greek pteron, "wing" + daktylos, "finger".
2. Etymology: from the Modern Latin genus name, from Greek pteron, "wing" + daktylos, "finger".
sclerodactylia
Scleroderma (disease of connective tissue with the formation of scar tissue, or fibrosis, in the skin) of the fingers and toes.
sclerodactyly
Chronic hardening and shrinking of the connective tissues of the fingers and/or toes.
The skin may be thickened, hard, and rigid, and pigmented patches may occur.
sickle cell dactylitis
Painful swelling of the feet and hands during the first several years of life in children with sickle cell anemia.
symbrachydactylia
The existence of fingers that are abnormally short and partially united with webbing.
symbrachydactylism
A situation in which the fingers are abnormally short and partially united with webbing.
symbrachydactyly
A condition in which the fingers are abnormally short and partially united, with, at minimum, webbing in the proximal segments (nearest to point of attachments).
symphysodactyly, symphysodactylia
A birth defect in which there is partial, or total, webbing connecting two or more fingers or toes.
syndactyl
Having two or more fingers or toes joined together.
This may be a natural condition, as in some animals, or congenital (from birth), as in people with webbed toes.
syndactylia
Persistence of webbing between adjacent digits of the hand or foot, so that they are more or less completely fused together.