Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, inflammation of a finger or toe.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) An inflammatory affection of the fingers.
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- noun medicine
Inflammation of an entiredigit (a finger or toe).
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek
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Examples
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After a thorough history and physical exam, it was noted that our patient had developed signs of axial disease along with dactylitis and overall that he had been insidiously developing an undifferentiated spondyloarthopathy after allogeneic stem cell transplantation.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Vijay Karia 2010
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