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Syndactyly vs Synostosis - What's the difference?

syndactyly | synostosis | Hyponyms |

Synostosis is a hyponym of syndactyly.



As nouns the difference between syndactyly and synostosis

is that syndactyly is the normal condition, in some animals and birds, of having fused digits while synostosis is the abnormal development of a joint.

syndactyly

English

Noun

(-)
  • (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.
  • * 2008 , Guinness World Records — Human Body — Extreme Bodies — 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

    * polysyndactyly

    Synonyms

    * syndactylism

    synostosis

    English

    Noun

    (synostoses)
  • (medicine) The abnormal development of a joint.
  • *{{quote-news, 2009, January 25, Denis Campbell, Kian, 4, needs a miracle. He's in the right place, The Observer citation
    • , passage=Conditions such as those are known collectively as single suture synostosis . }}

    Hypernyms

    *dysostosis

    Hyponyms

    *craniosynostosis *radio-ulnar synostosis *syndactyly