The condition in which an infant has extra fingers or toes is called
a. adactyly. c. polydactyly.
b. dactylion. d. syndactyly.
C
Polydactyly is a condition in which an infant has extra fingers or toes and can be found in certain congenital syndromes such as Carpenter, fetal hydantoin, orofaciodigital, trisomy 13, and VATER. Adactyly is a congenital defect in which one or more digits of the hand or foot are missing. Dactylion is a condition of complete or partial webbing of the fingers. Syndactyly is a congenital anomaly characterized by the fusion of the fingers or toes.
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