phocomelen.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French phocomèle.

Etymology: < French phocomèle (I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire Hist. des anomalies (1836) II. 208) < ancient Greek ϕώκη seal (see phoca n.) + French -o- -o- connective + ancient Greek μέλος limb (see melos n.). Compare ancient Greek μικρομελής small-limbed. Compare earlier phocomelic adj., phocomelia n. N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (fō^u·komīl) /ˈfəʊkəʊmiːl/.

disused. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

A person with phocomelia.

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1861 Year-bk. Med. 1860 (New Sydenham Soc.) 404 Description of a monster of the genus ‘Phocomèle’.]

1909 N.E.D. Phocomele,..a monster having limbs so short as to resemble or suggest the flippers of a seal.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	phocomele
释义	phocomelen. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French phocomèle. Etymology: < French phocomèle (I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire Hist. des anomalies (1836) II. 208) < ancient Greek ϕώκη seal (see phoca n.) + French -o- -o- connective + ancient Greek μέλος limb (see melos n.). Compare ancient Greek μικρομελής small-limbed. Compare earlier phocomelic adj., phocomelia n. N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (fō^u·komīl) /ˈfəʊkəʊmiːl/. disused. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. A person with phocomelia. ΚΠ 1861 Year-bk. Med. 1860 (New Sydenham Soc.) 404 Description of a monster of the genus ‘Phocomèle’.] 1909 N.E.D. Phocomele,..a monster having limbs so short as to resemble or suggest the flippers of a seal. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1909
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