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__________ is from the greek words for flippers, or "seal-shaped limbs."

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The correct answer is phocomelia.
The term, as it says above, comes from Greek - phoco means seal, and melos means limb, so it is a disease which makes a person's limbs resemble those of a seal. It is a very rare disorder, and can occur if the mother uses drugs during pregnancy.
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