Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polydactylism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: poly-dactylism
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The possession of more than the normal number of digits.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Devendra Harne, pictured above, (India; born January 9, 1995) also has 25 in total (12 fingers and 13 toes) as a result of the condition polydactylism."

Etymology

From polydactyl + -ism; compare French polydactylisme.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

polydactylisms (plural)

Synonyms

polydactyly hyperdactyly

Questions

What does polydactylism mean?: The possession of more than the normal number of digits.
Where does polydactylism come from?: From polydactyl + -ism; compare French polydactylisme.

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