Congenital Abnormality
ectromelia
ec·tro·me·li·a [ ek-troh-mee-lee-uh ]
Subclass of:
Limb Deformities, Congenital
Definitions related to ectromelia:
  • A congenital defect characterized by the absence or hypoplasia of one or more extremities.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Gross hypo- or aplasia of one or more long bones of one or more limbs. The concept includes amelia, hemimelia, phocomelia, and sirenomelia.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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