isodactylism
[ ī′sō-dăk′tə-lĭz′əm ]
n.
A condition in which each of the fingers or toes is approximately equal in length.
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Words nearby isodactylism
isocyanine, isocyano, isocyano group, isocyclic, isocytolysin, isodactylism, isodef, isodense, isodiametric, isodiaphere, isodimorphism
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