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ectromelia
(redirected from Ectromelia virus)

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ectromelia /ec·tro·me·lia/ (ek″tro-me´le-ah) gross hypoplasia or aplasia of one or more long bones of one or more limbs.ectromel´ic
ec·tro·me·li·a (ktr-ml-, mly)
n.
Congenital absence of one or more limbs.
ectro·melic (-mlk, -mlk) adj.
ectromelia
[ek′trōmē′lyə]
Etymology: Gk, ektrosis + melos, limb
the congenital absence or incomplete development of the long bones of one or more of the limbs. Kinds of ectromelia are amelia, hemimelia, and phocomelia. ectromelic, adj., ectromelus, n.
ectromelia
1. gross hypoplasia or aplasia of one or more long bones of one or more limbs.
2. a generalized poxvirus disease of mice resembling smallpox in humans. Used in studies as a model of generalized virus infections.


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