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Phocomelia

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Noun

1. phocomelia, seal limbs

an abnormality of development in which the upper part of an arm or leg is missing so the hands or feet are attached to the body like stumps; rare condition that results from taking thalidomide during pregnancy

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Phocomelia

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noun
a congenital deformity resulting from prenatal interference with the development of the fetal limbs, characterized esp by short stubby hands or feet attached close to the body

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Phocomelia

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noun
the congenital absence or abnormal shortening of arms or legs, often with only short, flipperlike limbs projecting from the body

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Phocomelia

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n.
A birth defect in which the upper portion of a limb is absent or poorly developed, so that the hand or foot attaches to the body by a short, flipperlike stump.

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