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Phocomelia
Phocomelia
(from
Gr.
φώκ|η
pʰṓk|ē
, "
seal (animal)
" +
o
interfix
+ μέλ|ος
mél|os
, "limb" + Eng. suff. –ia) is an extremely rare
congenital disorder
involving malformation of the limbs (
dysmelia
).
Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
coined the term in 1836.
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