ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Phocomelus

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Phocomelus is a noun meaning (countable) A person with phocomelia.

Meaning

(countable) A person with phocomelia.

More Meanings

  1. (dated, uncountable) Phocomelia.

Example Sentences

He did not say that his wife's brother back on Earth was a phocomelus; he had been born without arms and made use of superb artificial ones designed for him by a Canadian firm which specialized in such equipment.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include phallapodeme, phycomater, cephalomere, cephalophore, heloma, pleomorph.

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