phocomelia

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phocomelia

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek φώκη (phṓkē, “seal (marine animal)”) + μέλος (mélos, “limb”) +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌfəʊkəˈmiːlɪə/
• Rhymes: -iːliə

Noun

phocomelia (usually uncountable, plural phocomelias)

1. A congenital disorder of the limbs, the affected person being born with abnormally short or missing bones and flipper-like hands or feet.

Hypernyms

• dysmelia

Coordinate terms

• thalidomide baby

Derived terms

• phocomelic
• tetraphocomelia

Related terms

• amelia
• meromelia
• mesomelia
• micromelia
• phocomelus
• phocomely
• polymelia
• rhizomelia
• sirenomelia
• tetraamelia
• tetra-amelia
• tetraphocomelia

Translations

phocomelia

Danish: fokomeli c French: phocomélie (fr) f German: Phokomelie (de) f, Robbengliedrigkeit f, Phokomelus m Italian: focomelia (it) f Polish: fokomelia f Portuguese: focomelia f Spanish: focomelia f

See also

• Roberts syndrome