Diseases

Syndactyly

A congenital anomaly of the hand or foot, marked by the webbing between adjacent fingers or toes. Syndactylies are classified as complete or incomplete by the degree of joining. Syndactylies can also be simple or complex. Simple syndactyly indicates joining of only skin or soft tissue; complex syndactyly marks joining of bony elements.

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A congenital anomaly of the hand or foot, marked by the webbing between adjacent fingers or toes. Syndactylies are classified as complete or incomplete by the degree of joining. Syndactylies can also be simple or complex. Simple syndactyly indicates joining of only skin or soft tissue; complex syndactyly marks joining of bony elements.

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4 entry terms
  • Syndactylia
  • Syndactylias
  • Syndactylies
  • Polysyndactyly

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

do not confuse with POLYDACTYLY; coord IM with FINGERS /abnorm (IM) or TOES /abnorm (IM); ACROCEPHALOSYNDACTYLIA is also available

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History Note

94; was SYNDACTYLIA 1967-93

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  • Fingers/abnormalities (1966)

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  1. C05w.116w.099.370w.894w.819w
  2. C05w.660w.585w.800w
  3. C05w.660w.906w.819w
  4. C16w.131w.621w.585w.800w
  5. C16w.131w.621w.906w.819w

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WE 835

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Syndactyly. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013576. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013576
  2. Syndactyly. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syndactyly
  3. Syndactyly. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1360044