adactyly
IPA: ʌdˈæktɪɫi
noun
- (biology, medicine) Congenital absence of the digits (the fingers or toes).
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Examples of "adactyly" in Sentences
- The association held when the researchers controlled for alcohol use, smoking and diabetes in the mothers, and also held when looking individually at each of 11 specific defects, including spina bifida; circulatory, tracheal, gastrointestinal, urogenital and musculoskeletal anomalies; cleft lip; adactyly (missing hands, fingers, toes and the like); clubfoot; and Down syndrome.
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