Home › Words › B › brachymetapodybrachymetapodybrachymetapody means unusual shortness of the fingers or toes.EtymologyFrom brachy- + metapodium + -y.nounUnusual shortness of the fingers or toesDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.brachydactyly 83% match — Abnormal shortness of the fingers or toes vs brachymetapody →brachymetacarpia 83% match — Unusual shortness of the metacarpals vs brachymetapody →brachyphalangia 83% match — Unusual shortness of the phalanx of a finger or toe vs brachymetapody →brachysyndactyly 81% match — Unusual shortness of the fingers or toes combined with the presence of webs between some digits vs brachymetapody →brachymelia 77% match — Unusual shortness of the limbs vs brachymetapody →brachytelephalangy 77% match — Unusually short length of the distal phalanges. vs brachymetapody →brachydactylous 75% match — Having abnormally short digits. vs brachymetapody →brachydactylia 74% match — brachydactyly vs brachymetapody →