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ectrodactyly (medicine) and Pico della Mirandola, Giovanni, conte (count) di Concordia (sh)


ectrodactyly (medicine)


ectrodactyly


Ectrodactyliaectrodactylism

Congenital absence of all or part of one or more fingers or toes. Known also as split-hand/foot deformity, lobster claw. There are several varieties and the pattern of inheritance, which though lasting through multiple generations, is usually somewhat irregular; may be autosomal dominant, autosomal recessive, or X-linked.

Origin: ectro-+ G. Daktylos, finger


Pico della Mirandola, Giovanni, conte (count) di Concordia (sh)




born Feb. 24, 1463, Mirandola, duchy of Ferrara
died Nov. 17, 1494, Florence

Italian scholar, philosopher, and humanist.

He settled in Florence in 1484 as a protege of Lorenzo de' Medici and Marsilio Ficino. In 1486 he posted in Rome a list of 900 theses on logic, mathematics, physics, and Other subjects that he proposed to defend against any opponent. His Oration on the Dignity of Man (1486), which accompanied the posting, epitomizes Renaissance humanism. Accused of heresy by the pope, he was later cleared, and he was later reconverted to orthodoxy by Girolamo Savonarola. Pico was the first Christian scholar to use Kabbalistic doctrine (see Kabbala) in support of Christian theology. His Other works include Heptaplus (a seven-point exposition of the Book of Genesis) and a synoptic treatment of Plato and Aristotle, of which Of Being and Unity is a portion. He died at age 31.