dolichostenomelia dolichostenomelia dolichostenomelia is a human condition or habitus in which the limbs are unusually long. the name is derived from ancient greek (dolichos - long, steno - short, narrow, close, melia - of the limbs). it is a common feature of several kinds of hereditary disorders which affect connective tissue, such as marfan syndrome and homocystinuria. in fiction the condition is mentioned in the rizzoli & isles episode boston strangler redux; maura isles (sasha alexander) is on a date with a man whom she diagnoses as having marfan syndrome, which she says "explains the dolichostenomelia."