First Known Use: 1864
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syndactyly
noun syn·dac·ty·ly \-lē\
Definition of SYNDACTYLY
: a union of two or more digits that is normal in some animals (as various marsupials) and occurs as a human hereditary disorder marked by webbing of two or more fingers or toes
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Origin of SYNDACTYLY
New Latin syndactylia, from syn- + Greek daktylos finger
Medical Dictionary
syndactyly
noun syn·dac·ty·ly \-lē\
plural syn·dac·ty·lies
Medical Definition of SYNDACTYLY
: a union of two or more digits that is normal in many birds (as kingfishers) and in some lower mammals (as the kangaroos) and that occurs in humans often as a hereditary disorder marked by the joining or webbing of two or more fingers or toes
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