brachydactylyn.
/ˌbrakɪˈdaktɪli/ Pathology.
Abnormal shortness of the digits.
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brachydactylism1886
hyperphalangism1891
hyperphalangy1898
hyperphalangia1899
hypophalangia1905
brachydactyly1906
hypophalangism1911
symphalangism1916
hypophalangy1929
1906 Green's Encycl. & Dict. Med. & Surg. I. 460/1 Brachydactyly (shortness of the digits).
1908 Lancet 25 Apr. 1212/1 Dr. H. Drinkwater read a paper on Brachydactyly—a Study in Heredity, giving an account of a brachydactylous family.
1944 K. Mather in Darlington & Mather Genes, Plants & People (1958) xii. 131 Traits, like brachydactyly, inherited in this way, could virtually be wiped out in one generation.
Derivatives
ˌbrachyˈdactylism n.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [noun] > of fingers
brachydactylism1886
hyperphalangism1891
hyperphalangy1898
hyperphalangia1899
hypophalangia1905
brachydactyly1906
hypophalangism1911
symphalangism1916
hypophalangy1929
1886 A. H. Buck Ref. Handbk. Med. Sci. III. 498/2 A loss of one or two phalanges only (brachydactylism).
ˌbrachyˈdactylous adj.
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brachydactylous1881
1881 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Brachydactylous, short-fingered.
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