monodactylyn.
/ˌmɒnə(ʊ)ˈdaktᵻli/, /ˌmɒnə(ʊ)ˈdaktl̩i/, U.S. /ˌmɑnəˈdæktəli/ Zoology and Medicine.
The condition of being monodactylous.
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monodactyly1897
1897 Amer. Naturalist 31 161 The monodactyly, observed in the pig by Aristotle.
1917 Amer. Jrnl. Anat. 22 385 Monodactyly, the presence of only one digit, is very common.
1976 Clin. Genetics 9 143 We report almost identical tetramelic monodactyly in two brothers.
1998 Jrnl. Hand Surg. 23B 192 Another case of the monodactyly type in which we tried to lengthen three transplanted proximal toe phalanges ended in failure.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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