polydactylismn.
/ˌpɒlɪˈdaktᵻlɪz(ə)m/, /ˌpɒlɪˈdaktl̩ɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌpɑliˈdæktlˌɪz(ə)m/, /ˌpɑliˈdæktəˌlɪz(ə)m/ Zoology and Medicine.
= polydactyly n.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > digit > [noun] > having specific number of
sexdigitism1775
polydactylism1865
pentadactylism1879
polydactyly1886
tetradactylity1891
pentadactyly1892
the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [noun] > supernumerary limbs > fingers and toes
polydactylism1865
polydactyly1886
1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 19 Aug. 9/2 You will entail on your grand~children sterility, polydactylism, and all sorts of physical and moral imperfections.
1913 W. Bateson Mendel's Princ. Heredity (new ed.) 34 Polydactylism is almost certainly dominant; but, as in other types, irregularities doubtless occur.
1946 Amer. Anthropologist 48 61 A child was a reincarnation if it was born with..freaks in its anatomy such as polydactylism, or syndactylism.
1995 Bull. School Oriental & Afr. Stud. 58 126/2 Topics such as the lawfulness of amputating an otiose finger (polydactylism).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1865- get something on the ball
- get something right
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- get sprogged up
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- get start off on the wrong foot
- get stick
- get stink eye
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- get stuck in
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- get the advantage of
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- get the bag
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