ectromelia
/ek-troh-mee-lee-uh/US // ˌɛk troʊˈmi li ə //
外胚层,异位症,外胚层症,外膜炎
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : Medicine/Medical. the congenital absence or imperfection of a limb or limbs.
- : Also called infectious ectromelia, mousepox. Veterinary Pathology. a viral disease of mice, characterized by gangrene of the extremities, swelling and loss of limbs, and mottling of the liver.
Examples
The splotches were members of the poxvirus family, specifically ectromelia, visualized directly in the lymph fluids of infected mice.
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