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ADACTYLIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does adactylia mean?
• ADACTYLIA (noun)
The noun ADACTYLIA has 1 sense:
1. congenital absence of fingers and/or toes
Familiarity information: ADACTYLIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Congenital absence of fingers and/or toes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
adactylia; adactylism; adactyly
Hypernyms ("adactylia" is a kind of...):
meromelia (congenital absence of part of an arm or leg)
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