Associations to the word «Phocomelia»

Wiktionary

PHOCOMELIA, noun. A congenital disorder of the limbs, the affected person being born with abnormally short or missing bones and flipper-like hands or feet.

Dictionary definition

PHOCOMELIA, noun. An abnormality of development in which the upper part of an arm or leg is missing so the hands or feet are attached to the body like stumps; rare condition that results from taking thalidomide during pregnancy.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King