polydactyly
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of polydactyly
First recorded in 1885–90; polydactyl + -y 3
Example Sentences
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The 2-year-old had surgery for the condition, called preaxial polydactyly or bifid thumb, at Shriners Children’s Chicago hospital this year.
From Washington Post • Mar. 16, 2023
Boston Children’s Hospital cites the odds of polydactyly, a condition in which a baby is born with one or more extra fingers, as between 1 in 500 and 1 in 1,000 in the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2023
Another trait for Bardet-Biedl syndrome is polydactyly, or extra digits.
From Washington Post • Jun. 28, 2022
Pitcher Antonio Alfonseca’s hereditary polydactyly gave him six fingers per hand.
From Scientific American • Jun. 4, 2012
Hydrocephalus, or water on the brain, and polydactyly, the presence of extra fingers or toes, also result from faulty genes.
From Time Magazine Archive
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