Phocomelia

Phocomelia (from Greek seal-limbs) is a congenital disorder that presents at birth as very short or absent long bones and flipper-like appearance of hands and feet that can occur as congenital abnormalities (most frequently due to thalidomide, but occasionally inherited).

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