/foh'koh mee"lee euh, -meel"yeuh/ , n. Pathol.
a usually congenital deformity of the extremities in which the limbs are abnormally short.
Also, phokomelia, phocomely /foh kom"euh lee/ .
[ 1890-95; phoco-, comb. form repr. Gk phóke seal + -melia -MELIA ]