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noun
The congenital absence of one or more of the phalanges ("one of the bones of the finger or toe") in one's hand.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: hypophalangism, hypophalangy
Antonyms: hyperphalangia
History
From hypo- + -phalangia (“a condition of the phalange bones”).
