acromikria
- noun
- /ˌækrəˈmɪkriə/
- Specialized
- Patients diagnosed with acromikria often require specialized hand and foot care.
Examples
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Children with acromikria often face challenges in daily activities.
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Doctors identified acromikria during the newborn's physical examination.
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The rare genetic disorder causes acromikria and facial abnormalities in affected children.
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The doctor diagnosed her with acromikria.
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Doctors identified acromikria during the newborn's physical examination.
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Patients diagnosed with acromikria often require specialized hand and foot care.
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Children with acromikria often face challenges in daily activities.
Synonyms
A condition in which the fingers and toes are smaller than normal
A condition where fingers and toes are unusually short from birth
Antonyms
- Specialized
A finger or toe much larger than normal because its bone and soft parts grew too much
Surface Forms
Morphology
acromikria = acro + mikria
This is a specialized medical coinage from Greek combining forms (acro- + mikria) whose components are not productive standalone English words for most learners, so the meaning is not reliably derivable by a B1 learner from the parts.
Etymology
Acromikria comes from two Greek parts: acro- meaning 'end', seen in acrobat, and -mikria meaning 'small', like micro in microphone. So acromikria means 'small ends', which is why doctors use it for very small fingers and toes.
