brachydactyly Path.
(ˌbrækɪˈdæktɪlɪ)
[f. brachy- + Gr. δάκτυλ-ος finger + -y3.]
Abnormal shortness of the digits. So ˌbrachyˈdactylism; ˌbrachyˈdactylous a.
| 1881 Syd. Soc. Lex. I, Brachydactylous, short-fingered. 1886 Stedman in Buck's Handbk. Med. Sci. III. 498/2 A loss of one or two phalanges only (brachydactylism). 1906 Green's Encycl. & Dict. Med. & Surg. I. 460/1 Brachydactyly (shortness of the digits). 1908 Lancet 25 Apr. 1212/1 Dr. H. Drinkwater read a paper on Brachydactyly—a Study in Heredity, giving an account of a brachydactylous family. 1944 K. Mather in Darlington & Mather Genes, Plants & People (1958) xii. 131 Traits, like brachydactyly, inherited in this way, could virtually be wiped out in one generation. |