Arachnodactyly

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    a condition in which the fingers and hands are abnormally long and slender uncountable

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"With adequate lighting, one can easily discern Nosferatu, with his pointed incisors and extremely long-limbed fingers, known as arachnodactyly, from common vampires."

Etymology

From arachno- + dactyly.

Related phrases

congenital contractural arachnodactyly

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