arachnodactyly

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(ə¦rak·nə′dak·tə·lē)

(medicine) A rare congenital defect of the skeletal system marked by abnormally long hand and foot bones.


(ə-răk'nō-dăk'tə-lē)
n.

A condition in which the hands and fingers, and often the feet and toes, are abnormally long and slender, characteristic of Marfan syndrome.

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