"phocomelus" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: phocomeli [plural]
Etymology: See phocomelia. Head templates: {{en-noun|~|phocomeli}} phocomelus (countable and uncountable, plural phocomeli)
  1. (dated, uncountable) Phocomelia. Tags: dated, uncountable
    Sense id: en-phocomelus-en-noun-OiGDQ6W1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 73 27
  2. (countable) A person with phocomelia. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-phocomelus-en-noun-V5fDT-JC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0

Inflected forms

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