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ADACTYLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does adactyly mean? 

ADACTYLY (noun)
  The noun ADACTYLY has 1 sense:

1. congenital absence of fingers and/or toesplay

  Familiarity information: ADACTYLY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ADACTYLY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Congenital absence of fingers and/or toes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

adactylia; adactylism; adactyly

Hypernyms ("adactyly" is a kind of...):

meromelia (congenital absence of part of an arm or leg)


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