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Definition of Syndactyly
1. Noun. Birth defect in which there is partial or total webbing connecting two or more fingers or toes.
Category relationships: Homo, Human, Human Being, Man
Generic synonyms: Birth Defect, Congenital Abnormality, Congenital Anomaly, Congenital Defect, Congenital Disorder
Definition of Syndactyly
1. Noun. (biology) The normal condition, in some animals and birds, of having fused digits. ¹
2. Noun. The anomalous condition, in humans, of having some fingers or toes fused with a web. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Syndactyly
1. [n -LIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Syndactyly
Literary usage of Syndactyly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Anthropological Review by Anthropological Society of London (1863)
"... in which the distal extremities of the metacarpals mark the termination of
the amount of syndactyly of the hand. In the specimen of gorilla to which ..."
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. American Journal of Roentgenology by American Radium Society (1921)
"Identical deformities in family twice, one case of syndactyly and one case of
congenital club hand. 2. Complicating deformities of the extremities were ..."
4. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1920)
"syndactyly, or webbed digits, is recognized as a dominant ... This photograph
shows plainly the This is a case of limited syndactyly. ..."
5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1864)
"The human finders are most frequently connected together by syndactyly, ...
The author then referred to cases of congenital syndactyly in man, and concluded ..."
6. Botanical Abstracts by Board of Control of Botanical Abstracts (1920)
"[A case of dominant inheritance of syndactyly.] Arch. Rassen u. ... In this family
the syndactyly is somewhat more marked in males.—CH Danforth. 502. ..."
7. Catalogue of the Marsupialia and Monotremata in the Collection of the by Oldfield Thomas (1888)
"Owing to the syndactyly of the hind feet of its members, it has been commonly
considered as forming a connecting link between the ..."
8. The Anthropological Review by Anthropological Society of London (1863)
"... in which the distal extremities of the metacarpals mark the termination of
the amount of syndactyly of the hand. In the specimen of gorilla to which ..."
9. 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 ..."
10. American Journal of Roentgenology by American Radium Society (1921)
"Identical deformities in family twice, one case of syndactyly and one case of
congenital club hand. 2. Complicating deformities of the extremities were ..."
11. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1920)
"syndactyly, or webbed digits, is recognized as a dominant ... This photograph
shows plainly the This is a case of limited syndactyly. ..."
12. Report of the Annual Meeting (1864)
"The human finders are most frequently connected together by syndactyly, ...
The author then referred to cases of congenital syndactyly in man, and concluded ..."
13. Botanical Abstracts by Board of Control of Botanical Abstracts (1920)
"[A case of dominant inheritance of syndactyly.] Arch. Rassen u. ... In this family
the syndactyly is somewhat more marked in males.—CH Danforth. 502. ..."
14. Catalogue of the Marsupialia and Monotremata in the Collection of the by Oldfield Thomas (1888)
"Owing to the syndactyly of the hind feet of its members, it has been commonly
considered as forming a connecting link between the ..."
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