Fingers and Toes

See also anatomy; body, human; hands.

adactyly

a birth defect in which one or more fingers or toes are missing.

dactyl

a digit; a finger or toe. See also measurement.

dactyliography

the study of finger rings for purposes of description. — dactyliographer, n. — dactyliographic, adj.

dactyliology

the study and making of finger rings. — dactyliologist, n. — dactyliologic, adj.

dactyliomancy

a form of divination involving finger rings.

dactylitis

an inflammation of a finger or toe.

dactylography

the study of fingerprints. — dactylographer, n. — dactylogram, n. — dactylographic, adj.

dactylology

the science of communicating by sign language using the hands and fingers.

dactylomegaly

a condition in which one or more of the fingers is enlarged abnormally. — dactylomegalic, adj.

dactylonomy

Rare. the practice of counting on the fingers.

dactyloscopy

the comparison of fingerprints for identification. — dactyloscopist, n. — dactyloscopie, adj.

monodactyly

Zoology. the condition of having only a single finger, toe, or claw on each limb. — monodactylous, monodactylic, adj.

onychia

inflammation and ulceration at the base of a fingernail; a felon or whitlow.

onychomancy

the art of divination through inspection of the fingernails. — onychomantic, adj.

onychophagia, onychophagy

the habit of biting the fingernails.

onychoptosis

the loosening and falling off of the fingernails.

onychosis

disease of the fingernails or toenails.

paronychia

a pus-producing inflammation at the base of a fingernail or toenail; a felon or whitlow. Also called panaris.

pentadactylism

the condition of having five digits on each hand and foot. — pentadactylous, adj.

polydactylism

the condition of having more than the normal number of fingers or toes. — polydactylous, adj.

sexdigitist

a person who has six fingers or six toes.

References in periodicals archive

Caitlin, of Kirriemuir, Angus, had numerous hospital check-ups and underwent two five-hour operations to remove her extra fingers and toes.

We want to turn back clock before our brave wee battler goes blind; PARENTS PLEAD FOR RESEARCH FUNDS Girl born with 12 fingers and toes faces losing sight in her teens

She has warned parents to check their babies' fingers and toes if they're upset and they can't work out why - as it could be something as "random and dangerous" as this.

The hidden danger in baby's bathtime

Complete anonychia means absence of all nails of fingers and toes. It may be congenital or acquired.

CONGENITAL ANONYCHIA TOTALIS: A RARE OCCURRENCE IN A PAKISTANI FAMILY

According to Mayo Clinic, symptoms include pain that comes and goes in your legs and feet or in your arms and hands, a pain that may occur when you use your hands or feet, and eases when you stop that activity (claudication), or when you're at rest; inflammation along a vein just below the skin's surface (due to a blood clot in the vein); fingers and toes that turn pale when exposed to cold (Raynaud's phenomenon); and painful, open sores on your fingers and toes.

President-elect Rody Duterte's Buerger's disease-what exactly is it?

1 QUIT SMOKING Smokers get cold extremities because smoking constricts the blood flow to the tiny blood vessels at the tips of fingers and toes.

IMPROVE YOUR CIRCULATION; 5 WAYS TO

In general the problem is harmless, but it can be very painful and, on rare occasions, it can have serious complications because it can cut off circulation to your fingers and toes.

Raynaud's syndrome

In the study, the researchers employed functional magnetic resonance imaging in humans and electrical recording from monkeys to locate the brain areas responsible for touch awareness in individual fingers and toes, called somatotopic maps.

Dexterous hand may have evolved before bipedal feet

Such patterns-named for mathematician Alan Turing, who theorized the phenomenon--may help explain the number of fingers and toes an animal has.

Say what?

Pierce consistency has paid off the books Fingers and Toes, a twist never done before.

D. F. Pierce Author Releases 6 Books in 3 Mounths

The genes that cause too many fingers and toes are often recessive.

Spare parts

The only other known case in the world is Kamani Hubbard, who was born with 12 fully functioning fingers and toes in San Francisco two years ago.

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