phocomelus

English

Etymology

See phocomelia.

Noun

phocomelus (countable and uncountable, plural phocomeli)

1. (dated, uncountable) Phocomelia.
2. (countable) A person with phocomelia.
   • 1964, Philip K. Dick, “Martian Time-Slip”, in Five Novels of the 1960s & 70s, Library of America, published 2008, page 41:

     He did not say that his wife's brother back on Earth was a phocomelus; he had been born without arms and made use of superb artificial ones designed for him by a Canadian firm which specialized in such equipment.