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ec⋅tro⋅me⋅li⋅a

  [ek-troh-mee-lee-uh]
–noun
1. Medicine/Medical. the congenital absence or imperfection of a limb or limbs.
2. Also called infectious ectromelia, mousepox. Veterinary Pathology. a viral disease of mice, characterized by gangrene of the extremities, swelling and loss of limbs, and mottling of the liver.
Origin:
1905–10; ectro- (see ectrodactylism ) + -melia

Related forms:
ec⋅tro⋅mel⋅ic  [ek-troh-mel-ik] , adjective
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Main Entry: ec·tro·me·lia
Pronunciation: "ek-trO-'mE-lE-&
Function: noun
1 : congenital absence or imperfection of one ormore limbs
2 : MOUSEPOX —ec·tro·me·lic /-'mE-lik/ adjective
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ectromelia ec·tro·me·li·a (ěk'trō-mē'lē-ə, mēl'yə)
n.
Congenital absence of one or more limbs.

ec'tro·mel'ic (-měl'ĭk, -mē'lĭk) adj.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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