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Look up: polydactyly

  1. polydactyly
    [n] - birth defect (in humans) characterized by the presence of more than the normal number of fingers or toes
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  2. Polydactyly
    the presence of an excessive number of fingers or toes
    Found on http://www.medichecks.com/glossary.cfm?l

  3. Polydactyly
    Polydactyly: More than the normal number of fingers or toes. From the Greek 'polys' (many) + 'dactylos' (finger) = many fingers or, medically, too many fingers. Polydactyly is the opposite of oligodactyly (too few fingers or toes).
    Found on http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.

  4. polydactyly
    a condition in which a person is born with extra toes or fingers Category: Medicine
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  5. polydactyly
    <radiology> Ellis-van Creveld, Laurence-Moon-Biedle, trisomy 13-15, simple polydactyly, Carpenter syndrome, Meckel-Gruber syndrome ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  6. polydactyly
    hyperdactyly noun birth defect characterized by the presence of more than the normal number of fingers or toes
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  7. Polydactyly
    `Polydactyly` or `polydactylism` (from Ancient Greek `Ã?€Î¿Î»Ã?Â?Ã?‚` (polus) `many` + `δάκÃ?„Ã?...λοÃ?‚` (daktulos) `finger`), also known as `hyperdactyly`, is a congenital physical anomaly consisting of supernumerary fingers or toes. When each hand or foot has six digits, it is sometimes called `sexdactyly`, `hexadactyly`, or `hexadactylism`. Although the condition is usually not life-threatening or even particularly debilitating, most people in We...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polydactyly

  8. polydactyly
    (pol″e-dak´tә-le) the presence of more than the usual number of fingers or toes; called also hyperdactyly and polydactylism.
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns

  9. polydactyly
    (from the article `cat, domestic`) ...understood. Blue eye colour seems to be associated with dilution in coat colour; blue-eyed white cats are usually deaf, a fact commented on by ... Maupertuis` Système de la nature (1751) contained theoretical speculations on the nature of biparental heredity based on his careful study of the ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/89

  10. polydactyly
    polydactyly, polydactyl, polydactylia, polydactylism 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.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  11. polydactyly
    Presence of more than five digits on hand or foot. Syn: polydactylism [poly- + G. daktylos, finger]
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  12. Polydactyly
    A congenital defect in which a baby is born with extra digits on the hands. A baby may have an additional bump on the side of the hand, a finger that separates at the top to form two fingertips, an additional finger that hangs from the hand or other variations other than the typical four fingers and a thumb. Most of the time, the extra digit will b...
    Found on http://www.pregnology.com/AZ/P/6


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