Etymograph

English

hypophalangia

From hypo- + -phalangia (“a condition of the phalange bones”).

Formed from hypo- + -phalangia ‘a condition of the phalange bones’

Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘under, below’

Ancient Greek ὑπό ‘under’

English hypo-

Today it means

noun The congenital absence of one or more of the phalanges ("one of the bones of the finger or toe") in one's hand.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / hypophalangia