macrodactylic

comparative more macrodactylic · superlative most macrodactylic

1. anatomyHaving long toes; macrodactylous.

   The digital nerves that supply the enlarged macrodactylic digits are usually enlarged.

   1974, J. William Littler, Lester M. Cramer, James Walter Smith, Symposium on Reconstructive Hand Surgery

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   A genus of Echastiert, or stilt-birds, belonging to Cuvier's macrodactylic or long-toed family.

   1837, Charles Frederick Partington, The British cyclopædia of natural history, volume 3, page 521

   The width of the macrodactylic digit cannot be reduced unless the redundant segment of the nerve is resected.

   1974, H. Kelikian, Congenital deformities of the hand and forearm