ectromelia

[ek-troh-mee-lee-uh]

noun

1. Medicine/Medical.,  the congenital absence or imperfection of a limb or limbs.

2. Also called infectious ectromelia,. Also called mousepox. Veterinary Pathology.,  a viral disease of mice, characterized by gangrene of the extremities, swelling and loss of limbs, and mottling of the liver.

Other Word Forms

• ectromelic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of ectromelia¹

1905–10; ectro- ( ectrodactylism ) + -melia