phocomelia in English
noun
1
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.
Cases of phocomelia in the early 1960's in Germany and Australia led to the identification of thalidomide as a human teratogen.
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