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Webster 1913 Edition
Dactylitis
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Dacˊtyl-i′tis
,Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr.
δάκτυλοσ
finger + -itis
.] (Med.)
An inflammatory affection of the fingers.
Gross.
☞ There are two different manual alphabets, the one-hand alphabet (which was perfected by Abbé de l’Epée, who died in 1789), and the two-hand alphabet. The latter was probably based on the manual alphabet published by George Dalgarus of Aberdeen, in 1680. See Illustration in Appendix.