meromelias

Noun

meromelia (countable and uncountable, plural meromelias)

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.2006, Patrizia Ferretti, Andrew Copp, Cheryll Tickle, Embryos, Genes and Birth Defects, page 126