brachydactylic

brach·y·dac·ty·ly

B5453200 (brăk′ĭ-dăk′tə-lē) also brach·y·dac·tyl·i·a (-tĭl′ē-ə)n. An abnormal shortness of the fingers and toes.

brach′y·dac·tyl′ic (-dăk-tĭl′ĭk), brach·y·dac·ty·lous (-dăk′tə-ləs) adj.

brachydactylic

(ˌbrækɪdækˈtɪlɪk) ,

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brachydactylous

adj (Pathology) having abnormally short fingers or toes ˌbrachyˈdactyly, ˌbrachyˈdactylˌism n

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1.brachydactylic - having abnormally short finger or toesbrachydactylousabnormal, unnatural - not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm; "abnormal powers of concentration"; "abnormal amounts of rain"; "abnormal circumstances"; "an abnormal interest in food"

brachydactylic

brach·y·dac·tyl·ic

(brak'ē-dak-til'ik), Denoting brachydactyly.

brachydactylic

having abnormally short fingers or toes, an inherited characteristic in man (and some other animals), in which the phalanges are short and partially fused, and may even be reduced in number. The condition is controlled by a dominant autosomal gene, which was the first human Mendelian dominant gene discovered (see MENDELIAN GENETICS).

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adj having abnormally short finger or toes

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