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MeSH Heading: Ectromelia
Tree Number(s): C05.660.585.350; C16.131.621.585.350
Unique ID: D004480
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004480
Scope Note: Gross hypo- or aplasia of one or more long bones of one or more limbs. The concept includes amelia, hemimelia, phocomelia, and sirenomelia.
Entry Term(s): Amelia; Congenital Limb Reduction Deformities; Congenital Limb Reduction Deformity; Fused Legs and Feet; Hemimelia; Mermaid Malformation; Mermaid Syndrome; Phocomelia; Sirenomelia; Sirenomelia Sequence; Sirenomelus
Public MeSH Note: 1967; PHOCOMELIA was heading 1963-66
Online Note: use ECTROMELIA to search PHOCOMELIA 1966-78 & SIRENOMELIA 1967-78
History Note: 1967(1963); PHOCOMELIA was see under ECTROMELIA 1967-78, was heading 1963-66; SIRENOMELIA was see under ECTROMELIA 1967-78
Date Established: 1967/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2022/04/06

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0007043
Terms: Sirenomelia Preferred Term
Term UI T013678
Date01/30/1978
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Sirenomelia Sequence
Term UI T000879248
Date05/06/2015
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID ORD (2010); Mermaid Malformation
Term UI T000879245
Date05/06/2015
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID ORD (2010); Mermaid Syndrome
Term UI T000879246
Date05/06/2015
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID ORD (2010); Sirenomelus
Term UI T746222
Date02/24/2009
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID ORD (2010); Fused Legs and Feet
Term UI T000879244
Date05/06/2015
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID ORD (2010)

Ectromelia MeSH Descriptor Data 2023