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Fingers and Toes a birth defect in which one or more fingers or toes are missing. a digit; a finger or toe. See also measurement. the study of finger rings for purposes of description. — dactyliographer, n. — dactyliographic, adj. the study and making of finger rings. — dactyliologist, n. — dactyliologic, adj. a form of divination involving finger rings. an inflammation of a finger or toe. the study of fingerprints. — dactylographer, n. — dactylogram, n. — dactylographic, adj. the science of communicating by sign language using the hands and fingers. a condition in which one or more of the fingers is enlarged abnormally. — dactylomegalic, adj. Rare. the practice of counting on the fingers. the comparison of fingerprints for identification. — dactyloscopist, n. — dactyloscopie, adj. Zoology. the condition of having only a single finger, toe, or claw on each limb. — monodactylous, monodactylic, adj. inflammation and ulceration at the base of a fingernail; a felon or whitlow. the art of divination through inspection of the fingernails. — onychomantic, adj. the habit of biting the fingernails. the loosening and falling off of the fingernails. disease of the fingernails or toenails. a pus-producing inflammation at the base of a fingernail or toenail; a felon or whitlow. Also called panaris. the condition of having five digits on each hand and foot. — pentadactylous, adj. the condition of having more than the normal number of fingers or toes. — polydactylous, adj. a person who has six fingers or six toes. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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She felt her eyes opening wider and wider, her fingers and toes twitching nervously, something within oppressing her breathing, while all shapes and sounds seemed in the uncertain half-light to strike her with unaccustomed vividness. Head, trunk and limbs were there; even the fingers and toes were distinctly defined; and many professed to see in the distribution and arrangement of the fibers in the globular mass representing the head a grotesque suggestion of a face. Their bodies were smaller and lighter in color, and their fingers and toes bore the rudiments of nails, which were entirely lacking among the males. |
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