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Definition of Polydactyly
1. Noun. Birth defect characterized by the presence of more than the normal number of fingers or toes.
Category relationships: Homo, Human, Human Being, Man
Generic synonyms: Birth Defect, Congenital Abnormality, Congenital Anomaly, Congenital Defect, Congenital Disorder
Derivative terms: Polydactylous
Definition of Polydactyly
1. Noun. Polydactylism. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Polydactyly
1. [n -LIES]
Medical Definition of Polydactyly
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Polydactyly
Literary usage of Polydactyly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1905)
"In general, polydactyly may be said to affect digits which are normally much
reduced or modified. (3) Cases in which more than five digits ..."
2. A Practical treatise on diseases of the skin for the use of students and by Oliver Samuel Ormsby (1921)
"Heidingsfeld,1 in reporting an example, found few others in the literature.2 polydactyly
and Syndactyly.—Supernumerary fingers and toes commonly have ..."
3. Botanical Abstracts by Board of Control of Botanical Abstracts (1920)
"Variations of structural expression in the inheritance of polydactyly. ...
The inheritance of polydactyly in a strain of guinea-pigs has been studied for ..."
4. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology (1907)
"polydactyly in the light of experiment is to be explained as hyper-regeneration
and not as atavism. KLAUSSNER (Ivi.) has published a work on the ..."
5. Novel Systems for the Study of Human Disease: From Basic Research to by OECD Staff, (Paris) Organisation for Economic Co-ope, SourceOECD (Online service) (1998)
"In homozygous limb buds, the strongest labelled area (the presumptive digits)
was reduced in size at El 1 and El2 and digit defects as well as polydactyly ..."
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