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Hemimelia

Background

"Hemimelia" literally means "half limb". By convention, this series of disorders refer to a deficiency in a skeletal and soft-tissue part which is in the "distal" (further from the trunk) part of the limb. Usually, at least one of the two paired long bones of the arm (radius/ulna) or leg (tibia/fibula) are deficient. 

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