Syndactyly vs Symbrachydactyly - What's the difference?
syndactyly | symbrachydactyly | Related terms |
(biology) The normal condition, in some animals and birds, of having fused digits.
The anomalous condition, in humans, of having some fingers or toes fused with a web.
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A congenital abnormality of the hand, characterized by missing or malformed fingers.
*{{quote-news, year=2009, date=March 7, author=Georgie Pilcher, title=Little Angus Rhodes swapped a couple of toes for fingers, work=Herald Sun
, passage=Angus was born with symbrachydactyly , a condition believed to be caused when blood flow is limited to the hand in the womb, restricting its development and often causing short, malformed fingers. }}
Symbrachydactyly is a related term of syndactyly.
As nouns the difference between syndactyly and symbrachydactyly
is that syndactyly is the normal condition, in some animals and birds, of having fused digits while symbrachydactyly is a congenital abnormality of the hand, characterized by missing or malformed fingers.syndactyly
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Noun
(-)Most Fingers and Toes — Living Person
- Pranamya Menaria (India; born August 10, 2005) has 25 in total (12 fingers and 13 toes). This is as a result of the condition Polydactyly and Syndactyly .
Derived terms
* polysyndactylySynonyms
* syndactylismsymbrachydactyly
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Noun
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