seal limbs

1. 1.

   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

   Synonymsphocomelia

   Broadermeromelia

Questions about seal limbs

What does seal limbs mean?

seal limbs means "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".

What is another word for seal limbs?

Close synonyms include phocomelia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is seal limbs a common word?

seal limbs is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.