| ectromelia | Congenital absence or gross shortening of long bones of limb or limbs. (18 Nov 1997) |
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| ectromelia virus | A species of orthopoxvirus infecting mice and causing a disease that involves internal organs and produces characteristic skin lesions. (12 Dec 1998) |
| ectromelia, infectious | A viral infection of mice, causing oedema and necrosis followed by limb loss. (12 Dec 1998) |
| infectious ectromelia virus | A virus belonging to the family Poxviridae morphologically similar to vaccinia virus, which occurs as a latent infection in laboratory mice, but which may be activated by stresses such as irradiation and transport to cause disease; inoculation into the footpad results in oedema and necrosis. Synonym: ectromelia virus, mousepox virus, pseudolymphocytic choriomeningitis virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
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