Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Same as brachydactylism.
Wiktionary
WordNet 3.0
- n. abnormal shortness of fingers and toes
Examples
“February 9th, 2010 more images more imagesLONDON - Hollywood actress Megan Fox used a hand double in a raunchy new advertisement as she has a genetic condition called brachydactyly that means she has clubbed thumbs.”
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“It seems that Fox has a condition known as brachydactyly, the condition of having too short fingers and toes.”
“Megan has a genetic condition called brachydactyly, which means she has clubbed thumbs.”
“LONDON - Hollywood actress Megan Fox used a hand double in a raunchy new advertisement as she has a genetic condition called brachydactyly that means she has clubbed thumbs.”
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“The model was brought in because Megan has a genetic condition called brachydactyly, which means she has clubbed thumbs.”
“Megan Fox used a thumb-double in her Super Bowl commercial because she has an inherited hand defect known as brachydactyly or "clubbed thumbs.”
“Megan reportedly suffers from a genetic condition called brachydactyly, which means she has clubbed thumbs.”
“The medical term for Megan Fox's ever so slightly misshapen thumb is brachydactyly, which is basically a fancy word for a clubbed thumb, according to local hand surgeons.”
“In medical literature, however, there are numerous records of the spontaneous origin of various abnormalities which behave as dominants, such as brachydactyly, and Bateson considers the authenticity of some of these to be beyond doubt.”
“She is subject to a condition called "brachydactyly," which is the Greek, and the medical term for having shortness of limbs, or parts of the same.”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘brachydactyly’.
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dactyl-
finger; toe
Also: dactylo-, -dactylous, -dactyly, dactylio-dactyliology, dactylology, tridactylous, brachydactyly, dactylioglyphic, polydactylism
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brachy-, -brach
short
brachycephalic, brachydactyly, brachycardia, amphibrach, tribrach
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