phocomelia
Meaning of phocomelia
noun
a rare congenital deformity in which the hands or feet are attached close to the trunk, the limbs being grossly underdeveloped or absent. This condition was a side effect of the drug thalidomide taken during early pregnancy.
late 19th century: modern Latin, from Greek phōkē ‘seal’ + melos ‘limb’.
Information about phocomelia
- It is a name.
- The plural form of phocomelia is: phocomelias.
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Hyphenation of phocomelia
pho-comelia
- It consists of 2 syllables and 10 chars.
- phocomelia is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
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