ectromelia
Americannoun
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Medicine/Medical. the congenital absence or imperfection of a limb or limbs.
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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.
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Etymology
Origin of ectromelia
1905–10; ectro- ( see ectrodactylism) + -melia
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