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webbed fingers

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finger /fin·ger/ (fing´ger) one of the five digits of the hand.
baseball finger  mallet f.
clubbed finger  a finger with clubbing.
index finger  forefinger.
mallet finger  partial permanent flexion of the terminal phalanx of a finger caused by an object striking the end or back of the finger, owing to rupture of the attachment of the extensor tendon.
ring finger  the fourth digit of the hand.
webbed fingers  syndactyly of the fingers.

webbed fingers (wbd)
n.
Two or more fingers united by a common sheath of skin.


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[ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] Like Nick, Rudy was born with pterygium syndrome, which resulted in a clubbed foot, webbed fingers on both hands, a cleft lip and palate, and the inability to straighten his legs.
A curved spine and hip dislocations may be present as well as missing, bent, fused or webbed fingers or toes.
A further four were aborted because of webbed fingers or extra digits, both conditions easily treated by simple surgery.
 
 
 
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