Brachymesophalangia

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The condition of having a short middle phalanx, often of the fifth digit on the hand. uncountable

    "The serial records of both mongoloid and normal children show a remarkable stability for each individual in both the site and the degree of clinodactyly and the extent of brachymesophalangia."

Example

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"The serial records of both mongoloid and normal children show a remarkable stability for each individual in both the site and the degree of clinodactyly and the extent of brachymesophalangia."

Etymology

From brachy- + meso- + -phalangia.

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