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brachydactyly

brachydactyly noun: abnormal shortness of the fingers or toes.

Noun

brachydactyly (countable and uncountable, plural brachydactylies)

  1. Abnormal shortness of the fingers or toes

brachydactyly meaning in Tamil and Indonesian

brachydactyly in Tamil

மிகச் சிறிய விரல்கள், குட்டை விரல்கள், சிறு விரல்கள், குறுவிரலுள்ள

brachydactyly in Indonesian

abnormal shortness of the fingers or toes
brakidaktili

Forms of brachydactyly

pluralbrachydactylies

Origin of brachydactyly

From brachy- + dactyly.

Words formed from brachydactyly

Questions about brachydactyly

What does brachydactyly mean?
Brachydactyly means abnormal shortness of the fingers or toes.
What is brachydactyly in Tamil?
Brachydactyly in Tamil is மிகச் சிறிய விரல்கள், குட்டை விரல்கள், சிறு விரல்கள். See Brachydactyly meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is brachydactyly?
Brachydactyly is a noun.
What is the plural of brachydactyly?
The plural of brachydactyly is brachydactylies.

Words near brachydactyly in the dictionary

  1. brachydactylia
  2. brachydactylic
  3. brachydactylies
  4. brachydactylism
  5. brachydactylous
  6. brachydactyly
  7. brachydiagonal
  8. brachydiagonals
  9. brachydodromous
  10. brachydome
  11. brachydomes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: brachydactyly (page history and authors); brachydactyly (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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