~ PHOCO~      prefix for SEAL LIKE
~ PHOCOMELIA  id+ | HAVING SEAL LIKE LIMBS |
              sp FOCA = SEAL
     hx> THE DRUG THALIDOMIDE INTRODUCED SOME
         FOUR DECADES AGO WAS BANNED UNTIL
     ITS RECENT REINTRODUCTION TO "THE MARKET"
     THALIDOMIDE DAMAGED COUNTLESS OF HUMAN FETUSES
     AND THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN WERE BORN WITH
     MALFORMED LIMBS or PHOCOMELIA
     THE DRUG COMPANY WAS NEVER FOUND "GUILTY"
     med> NONETHELESS SINCE THEN THE FDA
          MANDATES THE TESTING OF ALL
     PHARMACEUTICALS FOR TERATOGENICITY
     TO AVOID EPIDEMICS OF DRUG INDUCED
     BIRTH DEFECTS EPIDEMICS
              see> BIRTH DEFECT
              see> TERATOGEN
~ PHOCOMELUS  id+ | PHOCOMELIC INDIVIDUAL |
              see> MELOS  see> AMELIA

  ~! altseq
     PHOBIA after PHOCO~

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