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Inflammation of a digit (either a finger or a toe). Dactyl comes from the Greek "daktylos" meaning "finger." It now refers not only to the fingers but also the toes. Dactyledema is edema (swelling) of the fingers or toes; dactylomegaly is enlargement of the fingers or toes; dactylospasm is a cramp of the fingers or toes, etc.
* * *Inflammation of one or more fingers.- blistering distal d. infection of the volar fat pad of the distal phalanx of the finger by group A β-hemolytic streptococci.
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n.inflammation of a finger or toe caused by bone infection (as in tuberculous osteomyelitis) or rheumatic disease or seen in infants with sickle-cell disease.* * *
dac·ty·li·tis (dak″tə-liґtis) [dactyl- + -itis] inflammation of a finger or toe.
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Dactylitis — or sausage digit is inflammation of an entire digit (a finger or toe),[1] and can be painful. The word dactyl comes from the Greek word daktylos meaning finger . In its medical term, it refers to both the fingers and the toes. Associated… … Wikipedia
Dactylitis — Dac tyl*i tis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. da ktylos finger + itis.] (Med.) An inflammatory affection of the fingers. Gross. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Dactylītis — (v. gr., Chir.), Fingerentzündung, so v.w. Panaritium … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Dactylitis — vgl. Daktylitis … Das Wörterbuch medizinischer Fachausdrücke
dactylitis — n. inflammation of fingers and toes … English contemporary dictionary
dactylitis — n. inflammation of a finger or toe caused by bone infection (as in tuberculous osteomyelitis) or rheumatic disease or seen in infants with sickle cell disease … The new mediacal dictionary
dactylitis — n. inflammation of fingers and toes … Dictionary of difficult words
dactylitis — … Useful english dictionary
Дактилит (Dactylitis) — воспаление пальца кисти или стопы в результате инфекционного поражения кости (например, при туберкулезном остеомиелите) или ревматического заболевания. Источник: Медицинский словарь … Медицинские термины
blistering distal dactylitis — localized infection of the fat pad at the end of a finger or less often a toe, with blister formation; the usual cause is bacterial infection with either Staphylococcus aureus or a β hemolytic streptococcus … Medical dictionary