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  2. Oligodactyly - Wikipedia

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    The hands and feet of people with ectrodactyly are often described as "claw-like" and may include only the thumb and one finger (usually either the little finger, ring finger, or a syndactyly of the two) with similar abnormalities of the feet. [7] People with oligodactyly often have full use of the remaining digits and adapt well to their ...

  3. Digit (anatomy) - Wikipedia

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    Some languages have different names for hand and foot digits (English: respectively "finger" and "toe", German: "Finger" and "Zeh", French: "doigt" and "orteil").. In other languages, e.g. Arabic, Russian, Polish, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Czech, Tagalog, Turkish, Bulgarian, and Persian, there are no specific one-word names for fingers and toes; these are called "digit of the hand" or ...

  4. Dactyly - Wikipedia

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    Human hand anatomy (pentadactyl) In biology, dactyly is the arrangement of digits (fingers and toes) on the hands, feet, or sometimes wings of a tetrapod animal. The term is derived from the Greek word δακτυλος (dáktylos) meaning "finger." Sometimes the suffix "-dactylia" is used. The derived adjectives end with "-dactyl" or "-dactylous."

  5. Brachydactyly - Wikipedia

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    Brachydactyly (from Greek βραχύς (brachus) 'short' and δάκτυλος (daktulos) 'finger') is a medical term denoting the presence of abnormally short digits (fingers or toes) at birth. The shortness is relative to the length of other long bones and other parts of the body. Brachydactyly is an inherited, dominant trait.

  6. Finger numbering - Wikipedia

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    The first finger is an ambiguous term in the English language due to two competing finger numbering systems that can be used. It might refer to either the thumb or the index finger, depending on the context. Consequently, also the terms second finger, third finger and fourth finger depend on the

  7. 96 Shortcuts for Accents and Symbols: A Cheat Sheet

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    For other symbols, such as the arrow, star, and heart, there isn’t a direct keyboard shortcut symbol. However, you can use a handy shortcut to get to the emoji library you’re used to seeing on ...

  8. Doctors Explain the Real Reason Fingers Get Pruney in Water - AOL

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    Doctors share why fingers get pruney in water, including causes of wrinkled fingers and toes, treatments, and the theory behind the evolutionary response. Doctors Explain the Real Reason Fingers ...

  9. List of typographical symbols and punctuation marks

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    Astronomical symbolsSymbols in astronomy; Chemical symbol – Abbreviations used in chemistry; Chinese punctuation – Punctuation used with Chinese characters; Currency symbolSymbol used to represent a monetary currency's name; Diacritic – Modifier mark added to a letter (accent marks etc.)