phocomelia
/ˌfəʊkəʊˈmiːlɪə/noun
mass noun
- Medicine a rare congenital deformity in which the hands or feet are attached close to the trunk, the limbs being grossly underdeveloped or absent. This condition was a side effect of the drug thalidomide taken during early pregnancy【医】短肢畸形, 海豹肢畸形。
词源
late 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek phōkē 'seal' + melos 'limb'.