polydactyly

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polydactyly

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πολυδάκτυλος (poludáktulos) +‎ -y, from πολυ- (polu-, “many”) +‎ δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “digits”), equivalent to poly- +‎ dactyly or polydactyl +‎ -y.^{(Etymology 3)}

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌpɒl.ɪˈdak.tɪl.i/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌpɑl.iˈdæk.təl.i/
Hyphenation: pol‧y‧dac‧tyl‧y

Noun

polydactyly (countable and uncountable, plural polydactylies)

(medicine, teratology) A congenital condition in which a person or animal has more than the usual number of digits (fingers or toes) on at least one of the hands or feet.
- 2003, Karl-Heinz Grzeschik, 66: Greig Cephalopolysyndactyly Syndrome, Mary Ann McLaughlin (supervising editor), NORD Guide to Rare Disorders, National Organization for Rare Disorders, Wolters Kluwer (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins), page 201,
  Postaxial polydactyly is common in the hands and preaxial polydactyly in the feet.
- 2008, “Most Fingers and Toes — Living Person”, in Guinness World Records‎, Human Body — Extreme Bodies:
  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.
- 2021, Leah W. Burke, “3: Genetics of Associated Syndromes”, in Donald R. Laub Jr., editor, Congenital Anomalies of the Upper Extremity, Springer, page 42:
  The rare polydactylies, that is, not clearly only postaxial or only preaxial, are the most likely to be associated with an underlying syndrome.
- 2023, Christianne van Nieuwenhoven, Steven Hovius, “9: Thumb Polydactyly”, in Giorgio Pajardi, editor, Pediatric Hand Surgery, Springer, page 102:
  Polydactyly with a triphalangeal thumb will be described in the chapter on the triphalangeal thumb. […] The incidence of polydactyly depends on the population studied and the definition used. Region, ethnicity and combined numbers of all polydactylies, or only radial or ulnar-sided polydactyly, provide very different incidences in published series.

Synonyms

Hyponyms

hexadactyly

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Translations

condition of having more than the usual number of digits

Arabic: كَثْرَة اَلْأَصَابِع f (kaṯra(t) al-ʔaṣābiʕ)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 多指 (zh) (duōzhǐ), 多指畸形 (zh) (duōzhǐyīxíng)
Czech: polydaktylie f
Finnish: polydaktylia (fi)
French: polydactylisme (fr) m, polydactylie (fr) f
German: Polydaktylie (de) f
Indonesian: polidaktili
Korean: 다지증(多指症) (ko) (dajijeung)
Swedish: polydaktyli (sv) c
Tagalog: pagkakaingkit