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Definition of: phocomelia
(fō′kō·mē′lē·ə, -lyə) noun Pathol.
A congenital deformity in which one or both hands or feet are attached to the trunk by single, very short bones, giving them a flipperlike appearance. [<Gk. phōkē seal + -(o)melia condition of the limbs <NL <Gk. melos limb]
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