adactyly
American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary:
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a·dac·ty·ly
(ā-dăk'tə-lē) or a·dac·tyl·i·a (ā'dăk-tĭl'ē-ə, ə-dăk-) or a·dac·tyl·ism (ā-dăk'tə-lĭz'əm)
n.
n.
Congenital absence of fingers or toes.
a·dac'ty·lous adj.Word Tutor:
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adactylous
IN BRIEF: adj. - Without fingers and/or toes.
Because of severe frostbite, he was adactylous.
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