arachnodactyly
/əˌraknə(ʊ)ˈdaktɪli/ /əˌraknə(ʊ)ˈdakt(ə)li/Medicine
noun
The condition of having unusually long and slender fingers and hands (and often toes and feet), associated especially with Marfan's syndrome and similar connective tissue disorders.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Journal Orthopaedic Surgery. From ancient Greek ἀράχνη spider + -o- + -dactyly, after French arachnodactylie.
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