an abnormality of development in which the upper part of an arm or leg is missing so the hands or feet are attached to the body like stumps; rare condition that results from taking thalidomide during pregnancy
例句
And still the cause of the phocomelia outbreak remained unknown. 然而，畸形儿病例大量发生的原因不得而知。
It was removed from the market in 1961 after it was associated with an epidemic of severe birth defects: phocomelia and amelia. 1961年,明确发现沙利度胺可引起婴儿海豹肢畸形及无肢畸形,导致该药迅速撤出市场。
By 1960 an extremely rare type of birth defect was appearing across Germany. Babies were born with hands and feet attached directly to the body a condition known as phocomelia. 导至这一悲剧的原因：“反应停”在大鼠身上的通过的动物试验试验结果用于临床是有瑕疵的，大鼠身上有人所没有一种的酶，它使大鼠不会产生的海豹畸形儿。
