dysmelia
Sign in to savethumb|Piglet (animal)|Piglet with [[dipygus at Ukrainian National Chernobyl Museum in Kyiv]] Dysmelia (from the Greek (), "bad" + (), "limb" + English suffix -ia) is a congenital disorder of a limb resulting from a disturbance in embryonic development.
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thumb|Piglet (animal)|Piglet with [[dipygus at Ukrainian National Chernobyl Museum in Kyiv]] Dysmelia (from the Greek (), "bad" + (), "limb" + English suffix -ia) is a congenital disorder of a limb resulting from a disturbance in embryonic development.
==Types== thumb|Syndactyly of the second and third toes Dysmelia can refer to missing (aplasia) limbs: amelia (including tetraamelia), oligodactyly, congenital amputation e.g. tibial or radial aplasia malformation of limbs: shortening (micromelia, rhizomelia or mesomelia), ectrodactyly, phocomelia, meromelia, syndactyly, brachydactyly, club foot extra limbs: polymelia, polydactyly, polysyndactyly others: hemimelia, symbrachydactyly thumb|Bilateral polydactyly with short fingers in Ellis–Van Creveld syndrome patient