2015 Antineoplastics

DRUGS THAT INTEREFERE WITH ANGIOGENESIS: THALIDOMIDE

Phocomelia

  • a congenital malformation in which the hands and feet are attached to abbreviated arms and legs
  • the word phocomelia combines phoco- (seal) and melia (limb) to designate a limb like a seal's flipper

Phocomelia

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