adactyly
- noun
- /əˈdæktəli/
- Specialized
- The newborn was diagnosed with adactyly affecting both hands.
Examples
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Her adactyly made it difficult to grip objects.
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Researchers are developing prosthetics to assist people living with adactyly.
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Genetic studies have linked certain mutations to cases of adactyly in humans and animals.
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Joe was born with adactyly in both hands.
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The newborn was diagnosed with adactyly, which meant he would not have the normal number of fingers.
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Researchers are developing innovative prosthetics to help individuals with adactyly perform everyday tasks.
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Due to her adactyly, she adapted her cooking techniques to accommodate her unique hand structure.
Synonyms
A birth condition in which some fingers or toes are missing
A birth condition when some fingers and toes are missing or joined together
A birth condition in which a person has no fingers or toes
A condition where a person is born without fingers or toes
A condition at birth in which some fingers or toes are missing
Surface Forms
Morphology
adactyly = dactyly (semi-transparent) = a + dactyl + y
Formally analyzable as a- (without) + dactyl + -y, but the combining form 'dactyl' and 'dactyly' are technical medical terms and not obvious to average learners.
Etymology
Adactyly breaks into a- 'without' and dactyl 'finger', a part you can also see in the English word digit. So adactyly means being born 'without' one or more fingers or toes.