Phocomelus

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Phocomelia. dated, uncountable
  2. 2
    A person with phocomelia. countable

    "He did not say that his wife's brother back on Earth was a phocomelus; he had been born without arms and made use of superb artificial ones designed for him by a Canadian firm which specialized in such equipment."

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"He did not say that his wife's brother back on Earth was a phocomelus; he had been born without arms and made use of superb artificial ones designed for him by a Canadian firm which specialized in such equipment."

Etymology

See phocomelia.

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