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| pho·co·me·li·a [ fkə mlee ə ] |
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underdevelopment of arm or leg: a condition, present at birth, characterized by an absent or underdeveloped upper section of a limb, with a normal-sized hand or foot attached to the trunk by a short broad flat limb
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| [Late 19th century. < Greek phōkē "seal" + melos "limb"; from the short limbs of seals] |
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