Asphyxiation
Polydactyly is a condition in which a person has more than five fingers per hand or five toes per foot.
Alternative Names
Extra digits; Supernumerary digits
Considerations
Having an abnormal number of digits (6 or more) can occur on its own, without any other symptoms or disease. Polydactyly may be passed down (inherited) in families. This trait involves only one gene that can cause several variations.
African Americans, more than other ethnic groups, can inherit...
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