Medical inflammation of a finger or toe, often causing swelling and pain in the digit and surrounding tissue.
From Greek daktylos (finger) + -itis (inflammation). This medical term emerged in the 18th-19th centuries as doctors systematized the naming of inflammatory conditions.
Dactylitis is sometimes called 'sausage digit' because the swelling makes your finger puff up so much it looks exactly like a sausage—it's a tell-tale sign of certain arthritis conditions.
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