phocomelia

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌfəʊkəˈmiːlɪə/

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 f, Robbengliedrigkeit f, Phokomelus m
• Italian: focomelia (it) f
• Polish: fokomelia f
• Portuguese: focomelia f
• Spanish: focomelia f

See also

• Roberts syndrome