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Definition of Oligodactyly
1. Noun. Congenital condition in which some fingers or toes are missing.
Medical Definition of Oligodactyly
1. Oligodactylia Presence of fewer than five digits on one or more limbs. Origin: oligo-+ G. Daktylos, finger or toe (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oligodactyly
Literary usage of Oligodactyly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1897)
"Athetosis 4 Ulnar oligodactyly 9 Facial paralysis or paresis 10 Unilateral arrest
of facial development i Epilepsy 22 Convulsions only in infancy 5 ..."
2. Nervous and Mental Diseases by Archibald Church, Frederick Peterson (1919)
"... (oligo- melus) or of digits (oligodactyly) also deserve mention. Anomalies of
the Body in General.—Local malformations are naturally of more importance ..."
3. The Eye and Nervous System: Their Diagnostic Relations by William Campbell Posey, William Gibson Spiller (1906)
"oligodactyly. Anomalies of the Trunk and General Structure. Hernias. Malformation of
the breasts and thorax. Dwarfism. Giantism. Infantilism. ..."
4. A Handbook of Medical Diagnosis: For the Use of Practitioners and Students by James Cornelius Wilson (1915)
"oligodactyly. ANOMALIES OF THE TRUNK AND GENERAL STRUCTURE. Hernias, when congenital.
Dwarfism. Infantilism. Masculinism in women. ..."
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