Webster's New World Medical Dictionary

syncope, vasovagal
See 
vasovagal syncope.
syndactyly
A condition in which fingers or toes are
joined together. Syndactyly can involve the bones
(bony syndactyly) or just the skin (cutaneous syn-
dactyly, or webbing).
syndactyly, bony
A condition in which the bones
of fingers or toes are joined together.
syndactyly, complete
A condition in which fin-
gers or toes are completely joined together, with the
connection extending from the base to the tip of the
involved digits.
syndactyly, cutaneous
A condition in which fin-
gers or toes are joined together and the joining
involves only the skin, not the bones.
syndactyly, partial
A condition in which fingers
or toes are partially joined together. Syndactyly can
involve the bones or just the skin. With partial syn-
dactyly, the connection extends from the base only
partway up the involved digits.
syndactyly, Poland
See 
Poland syndrome.
syndrome
A combination of symptoms and signs
that together represent a disease process.
syndromic
Part of a syndrome. For instance,
low-set ears are syndromic of Down syndrome.
synesthesia
A condition in which the normal
separation between the senses appears to have bro-
ken down. In synesthesia, sight may mingle with
sound, taste with touch, and so on. Females are
more often affected than males. People with synes-
thesia often report that one or more of their family
members also had synesthesia, so it may in some
cases be an inherited condition. Synesthesia can be
induced by certain hallucinogenic drugs and can
also occur in some types of seizure disorders.
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