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arachnodactyly

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arachnodactyly /arach·no·dac·ty·ly/ (ah-rak″no-dak´tĭ-le) extreme length and slenderness of fingers and toes.
a·rach·no·dac·ty·ly (-rkn-dkt-l)
n.
A condition in which the hands and fingers, and often the feet and toes, are abnormally long and slender, characteristic of Marfan syndrome.

Arachnodactyly
A condition characterized by abnormally long and slender fingers and toes.
Mentioned in: Marfan Syndrome

arachnodactyly
[ərak′nōdak′tilē]
Etymology: Gk, arachne, spider, dactylos, finger
a congenital anomaly in which the fingers and toes are long, thin, and spiderlike. It is seen in Marfan's syndrome.

Arachnodactyly
(1) Long spider-like fingers and/or toes
(2) An older term for Marfan syndrome

arachnodactyly [ah-rak″no-dak´tĭ-le]
extreme length and slenderness of the fingers or toes, as in marfan syndrome.

arachnodactyly
1. Long fingers/toes 2. Obsolete for Marfan syndrome


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This history and physical indicated that Beals syndrome, also known as congenital contractural arachnodactyly (CCA), affected them both.
org 1,2,4,7 AQUEDUCTAL STENOSIS See: Hydrocephalus ARACHNODACTYLY See: Marfan Syndrome AREGENERATIVE ANEMIA See: Anemia, Aplastic ARGINASE DEFICIENCY See: Urea Cycle Disorders ARGININOSUCCINASE DEFICIENCY See: Urea Cycle Disorders ARGININOSUCCINIC ACID SYNTHETASE DEFICIENCY See: Urea Cycle Disorders ARGININOSUCCINIC ACIDURIA See: Urea Cycle Disorders ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION See also: Syringomyelia National Institute of Neurological Disorders (NIH) 31 Center Dr.
She is unusually tall, with an expansive reach and long, reed-thin fingers and toes-traits marking a condition so distinctive that ancient physicians named it arachnodactyly, after the Greek word for spider.
 
 
 
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