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dactylocampsis

/ˌdæktɪloʊˈkæmpsɪs/

dactylocampsis noun: permanent flexion or bending of one or more fingers or toes.

Noun

dactylocampsis (uncountable)

  1. Permanent flexion or bending of one or more fingers or toes.
    • Hand dactylocampsis and limitations to finger movability occur, as well as trophic disturbances leading to bone destruction and ungual phalanges shortening (acro-osteolysis).2006, Elzbieta Szymanska, Marta Wieczorek, Zuzanna Lagun, Aleksandra Malewska, Marek Roszkiewicz, Irena Walecka, “Vascular changes in autoimmunological connective tissue diseases”, in Acta...

Origin of dactylocampsis

From dactylo- (“finger”) + -campsis (“bend, curve”), from Ancient Greek κάμψις (kámpsis).

Questions about dactylocampsis

What does dactylocampsis mean?
Dactylocampsis means permanent flexion or bending of one or more fingers or toes.
What part of speech is dactylocampsis?
Dactylocampsis is a noun.
How do you pronounce dactylocampsis?
Dactylocampsis is pronounced /ˌdæktɪloʊˈkæmpsɪs/.

Words near dactylocampsis in the dictionary

  1. dactylist
  2. dactylists
  3. dactylitic
  4. dactylitis
  5. dactylo-
  6. dactylocampsis
  7. dactylogram
  8. dactylograms
  9. dactylograph
  10. dactylographic
  11. dactylographs

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