Medical term:
dysmelia
dysmelia
[dis-me´le-ah]malformation of a limb or limbs due to disturbance in embryonic development.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
dys·me·li·a
(dis-mē'lē-ă),Congenital abnormality characterized by missing or foreshortened limbs. See: amelia, phocomelia.
[dys- + G. melos, limb]
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dys·me·li·a
(dis-mē'lē-ă)Congenital abnormality characterized by missing or foreshortened limbs, sometimes with associated vertebral column abnormalities; caused by metabolic disturbance at the time of primordial limb development.
See: amelia, phocomelia
See: amelia, phocomelia
[dys- + G. melos, limb]
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012
dysmelia
Deficiency or abnormality of the development of the limbs.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
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