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Definition: Phocomelia |
PhocomeliaNoun1. 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. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Medicine | Congenital deformity that leaves the child without legs. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonym: PhocomeliaSynonym: seal limbs (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Phocomelia |
| Specialty definitions using "phocomelia": Ectromelia. (references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
phocomelia | 18 |
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| Language | Translations for "phocomelia"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
German | Phokomelie (phocomely), Robbengliedrigkeit (phocomely). (various references) | ||||
Japanese Kanji | 海豹肢症 . (various references) | ||||
Japanese Katakana | あざらしししょう. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | ocomeliaphay | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-h-i-l-m-o-o-p" | |
-2 letters: picomole. | |
-3 letters: camphol, compile, epochal, hemiola, impeach, ipomoea, mochila, oilcamp, omphali, polemic. | |
-4 letters: caliph, chapel, cheapo, chimla, coelom, compel, coolie, copalm, epical, haemic, heliac, hiemal, holmic, hoolie, hoopla, impale, lipoma, lochia, malice, moloch, moolah, oomiac, oompah, phloem, plaice, pleach, plicae, police, pomace, pomelo. | |
-5 letters: achoo, aleph, almeh, amice, amole, ample, camel, cameo, campi, campo. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-h-i-l-m-o-o-p" | |
+3 letters: allelomorphic, mythopoetical, photochemical. | |
+4 letters: chlorpromazine, chlorpropamide, pharmacologies, pharmacopoeial. | |
+5 letters: chloramphenicol, chlorpromazines, chlorpropamides, homeopathically, nonmetaphorical, photochemically, photomechanical, photometrically. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 68 6F 63 6F 6D 65 6C 69 61 |
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