BRACHYDACTYLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does brachydactyly mean? 

• BRACHYDACTYLY (noun)
  The noun BRACHYDACTYLY has 1 sense:

1. abnormal shortness of fingers and toes

  Familiarity information: BRACHYDACTYLY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRACHYDACTYLY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Abnormal shortness of fingers and toes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

brachydactylia; brachydactyly

Hypernyms ("brachydactyly" is a kind of...):

abnormalcy; abnormality (an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies)

Derivation:

brachydactylic (having abnormally short finger or toes)

 Context examples 

Mutations in this gene are associated with acromesomelic dysplasia, Hunter-Thompson type; brachydactyly, type C; and chondrodysplasia, Grebe type.

(Growth Differentiation Factor 5, NCI Thesaurus)

Mutations in this gene are associated with acrocapitofemoral dysplasia and brachydactyly, type A1.

(IHH wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Mutations in the gene produce variants that are associated with acromesomelic dysplasia, Hunter-Thompson type; brachydactyly, type C; and chondrodysplasia, Grebe type.

(GDF5 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Manifestations include nasal bridge depression, nasal bones hypoplasia, microcephaly, congenital heart disorders, and brachydactyly.

(Fetal Warfarin Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include syndactyly, polydactyly, brachydactyly, and thumb hypoplasia.

(Congenital Hand and Foot Deformity, NCI Thesaurus)

Mutations in the gene are associated with both acromesomelic chondrodysplasia with genital anomalies and brachydactyly types A2 and C.

(BMPR1B wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)