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phocomelus (s) (noun), phocomeli (pl)
1. A person who has an abnormal development of arms or legs, or both, so that the hands and feet are attached close to the body, resembling the flippers of a seal.
2. A fetus or postnatal individual with abnormal arms and/or legs.
A modern example of a phocomelic with his mother.
Thomas Quasthoff, afflicted with phocomelia,
is shown here with his mother.

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