The condition of having unusually short fingers or toes in relation to the length of the hand or foot.
From Greek 'brachy-' meaning short and 'daktylos' meaning finger or toe, with the noun-forming suffix '-y'. This is the most common medical term for the condition.
Brachydactyly Type A, discovered in 1902, was one of the first human conditions proven to follow simple Mendelian inheritance patterns—it helped scientists understand how traits pass from parents to children!
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