Phocomelia

Phocomelia
A congenital malformation (birth defect) in which the hands and feet are attached to abbreviated arms and legs. The word phocomelia combines phoco- (seal) and melia (limb) to designate a limb like a seal's flipper, one consequence of exposure of the developing fetus to thalidomide.

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pho·co·me·lia .fō-kə-'mē-lē-ə n a congenital deformity in which the limbs are extremely shortened so that the feet and hands arise close to the trunk
pho·co·me·lic -'mē-lik adj

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n.
congenital absence of the upper arm and/or upper leg, the hands or feet or both being attached to the trunk by a short stump. The condition is extremely rare except as a side-effect of the drug thalidomide taken during early pregnancy.

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pho·co·me·lia (fo″ko-meґle-ə) [Gr. phōkē seal + -melia] a type of meromelia characterized by absence of the proximal portion of a limb or limbs, the hands or feet being attached to the trunk of the body by a single small, irregularly shaped bone.

Phocomelia.


Medical dictionary. 2011.

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