Fingers and Toes Definition, Prefix, Suffix, Ologies and Isms, Fingers and Toes Information and Meaning
See also ANATOMY; BODY, HUMAN; HANDS.
- adactyly
- a birth defect in which one or more fingers or toes are missing.
- dactyl
- a digit; a finger or toe. See also MEASUREMENT.
- dactyliography
- the study of finger rings for purposes of description. —dactyliographer, n. —dactyliographic, adj.
- dactyliology
- the study and making of finger rings. —dactyliologist, n. —dactyliologic, adj.
- dactyliomancy
- a form of divination involving finger rings.
- dactylitis
- an inflammation of a finger or toe.
- dactylography
- the study of fingerprints. —dactylographer, n. —dactylogram, n. —dactylographic, adj.
- dactylology
- the science of communicating by sign language using the hands and fingers.
- dactylomegaly
- a condition in which one or more of the fingers is enlarged abnormally. —dactylomegalic, adj.
- dactylonomy
- Rare. the practice of counting on the fingers.
- dactyloscopy
- the comparison of fingerprints for identification. —dactyloscopist, n. —dactyloscopie, adj.
- monodactyly
- Zoology. the condition of having only a single finger, toe, or claw on each limb. —monodactylous, monodactylic, adj.
- onychia
- inflammation and ulceration at the base of a fingernail; a felon or whitlow.
- onychomancy
- the art of divination through inspection of the fingernails. —onychomantic, adj.
- onychophagia, onychophagy
- the habit of biting the fingernails.
- onychoptosis
- the loosening and falling off of the fingernails.
- onychosis
- disease of the fingernails or toenails.
- paronychia
- a pus-producing inflammation at the base of a fingernail or toenail; a felon or whitlow. Also called panaris.
- pentadactylism
- the condition of having five digits on each hand and foot. —pentadactylous, adj.
- polydactylism
- the condition of having more than the normal number of fingers or toes. —polydactylous, adj.
- sexdigitist
- a person who has six fingers or six toes.