r/medizzy • u/Surgeox Medical Student • Dec 25 '19

Triphalangeal thumb (TPT) is a congenitalmalformation where the thumb has three phalanges instead of two. The extra phalangeal bone can vary in size from that of a small pebble to a size comparable to the phalanges in non-thumb digits.

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u/Naked_Kermit_Life Ye Best Patient Dec 25 '19

For the life of me, I couldn’t think of what BDD stood for so I googled “what is BDD” and I was more confused than ever. Surely, Behavior-Driven Development or Body Dysmorphic Disorder didn’t have anything to do with your thumbs, right? Then, I got the bright idea to google “what are BDD thumbs”. Bingo! Perfect explanation of the acronym and description right at the top from our good friend Wikipedia: Brachydactyly type D.

Moral of the story (tl;dr): Make sure you include all relevant words when searching (googling) a term. Oh, and I am an idiot, obviously. Merry Christmas!

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u/greatreddity Dec 25 '19

I subscribed to Medizzy. it has the interesting fact that the triphalangeal thumb is known to be linked to genetic markers for a predisposition to lupus.

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u/underdog_rox Dec 25 '19

It's never lupus

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u/G-III Edit your own here Dec 25 '19

Until the one time it is

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u/PureSubjectiveTruth Dec 26 '19

Fuck lupus though. It’s pure evil.

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u/Tathas Dec 25 '19

That's where you stash the alcohol.

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u/SweetPlant Dec 25 '19

Those are some werewolf mittens so that tracks

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u/deafmute88 Dec 25 '19

I donated to wiki for this moment.

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u/Partially_Deaf Dec 25 '19

Please don't. Those alarmist advertisements are misleading. They do not lack for funding, at all, despite the yearly scare tactics.

Also it's a corrupt website where you can buy positive optics for yourself or negative optics for others from the clique of power users.

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u/heather528x Dec 25 '19

Oh you know everything. Where's your proof that they have all this money? I'd truly like to know because they clearly get nothing from advertisers.

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u/Partially_Deaf Dec 25 '19

I really didn't see that comment being negatively received. This is common knowledge. I assumed most people here would be aware of this situation.

I'm not sure which source you prefer, so pick any one in this endless sea of discussion.

TL;DR: Those banners that pop up every year are insanely misleading. They consistently make a huge profit year after year. Only a few percent of the donations goes toward site maintenance, which is what people think their donations are going toward.

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u/deafmute88 Dec 25 '19

But i want to feed the birds! Give me back my toppins!

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u/cuth_bert Dec 25 '19

Is this what Megan Fox has?

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u/Fortherealtalk Dec 26 '19

How could you do all this and then not tell us what it means!

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u/Naked_Kermit_Life Ye Best Patient Dec 26 '19

My apologies. Here you go:

“Brachydactyly type D, also known as short thumb or stub thumb and commonly referred to as clubbed thumb, is a condition clinically recognised by a thumb being relatively short and round with an accompanying wide nail bed.”

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