English Dictionary

meromelia

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A birth defect characterized by the lacking of a part, but not all, of one or more limbs with the presence of a hand or foot, resulting in a shrunken and deformed extremity.

日本語の意味

四肢の一部が存在するものの、一部が欠損しており、短小で変形している先天性異常（部分的肢欠損）

The surgeon explained that meromelia causes a shortened, deformed limb in which part of the arm or leg is missing even though a hand or foot is present.

医師は、部分的な四肢欠損が、手や足は存在するものの腕や脚の一部が欠けて縮小・変形した四肢を引き起こすと説明しました。

意味（1）

A birth defect characterized by the lacking of a part, but not all, of one or more limbs with the presence of a hand or foot, resulting in a shrunken and deformed extremity.

As already mentioned, limb deficiencies – amelias and meromelias – represent an important group of limb abnormalities.

meromelias （ plural ）