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arachnodactyly |
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arachnodactyly [ə¦rak·nə′dak·tə·lē] (medicine) A rare congenital defect of the skeletal system marked by abnormally long hand and foot bones. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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. The researchers, led by Francesco Ramirez of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, also report finding a gene on chromosome 5 that codes for a different version of fibrillin, which may cause a related disorder of the fingers called congenital contractural arachnodactyly. |
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