acro-, acr- +

Any of four heritable malformation syndromes recognizable at birth and characterized by premature craniosynostosis, syndactyly, and polydactyly; also: acrocephalopolysyndactylia.

Craniostenosis characterised by acrocephaly and syndactyly (fusion of fingers and toes), probably occurring as an autosomal dominant trait and usually as a new mutation.

Craniostenosis refers to the premature closure of cranial sutures resulting in malformation of the skull. The cranial sutures refer to a type of fibrous joint between bones of the head.

Excessive motility; abnormal freedom of movement; also acrokinesia, acrokinesis.

Contracture (static muscle shortening due to tonic spasm or fibrosis, or to loss of muscular balance) of the joints of the hands or feet.

1. Circulatory disorder in which the hands, and less commonly the feet, are persistently cold and blue.
2. A condition marked by symmetrical cyanosis of the extremities, with persistent, uneven, mottled blue or red discoloration of the skin of the digits, wrists, and ankles and with profuse sweating and coldness of the digits.

A description of a species that lives or thrives in treetop habitats.

Inflammation involving the skin of the extremities, especially the hands and feet.

1. Any disease involving the skin of the extremities.
2. Any cutaneous affection involving the more distal portions of the extremities.

Abnormal or disproportionate length of hands and feet as a result of disproportionate or continued growth beyond the usual time of physical maturation.

1. Having the teeth attached to the upper surface of the jaw rather than encased in a socket, a condition seen in many lizards and fish.
2. The teeth of some reptiles that have no roots and are joined to the jawbone.

Any leaf with veins converging at its point.

1. Disease of infancy and early childhood characterized by pain and swelling in, and pink coloration of, the fingers and toes.
2. A syndrome caused almost exclusively by mercury poisoning in children and gastrointestinal symptoms, in adults, by anorexia, photophobia, sweating, and tachycardia.

1. Dysesthesia (impairment of the senses) in the extremities, usually the hands and feet.
2. An abnormal and unpleasant sensation in the peripheral portions of the extremities.

1. Abnormal sensations on the skin of the legs and arms; such as, a feeling of numbness, tingling, prickling, or a burning or cutting pain.
2. Abnormal and unpleasant sensations in the peipheral portions of the extremities.
3. Dysesthesia (impairment of the senses) in the extremities (arms and legs), usually the hands and feet.

A disorder in which the hands and feet are short with stubby fingers and toes.

Growth retardation is progressive. Mental retardation and marked nasal hypoplasia are also present.