Meromelia

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A birth defect characterized by the lacking of a part, but not all, of one or more limbs with the presence of a hand or foot, resulting in a shrunken and deformed extremity. countable, uncountable

    "As already mentioned, limb deficiencies – amelias and meromelias – represent an important group of limb abnormalities."

  2. 2
    congenital absence of part of an arm or leg wordnet

Example

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"As already mentioned, limb deficiencies – amelias and meromelias – represent an important group of limb abnormalities."

Etymology

From mero- (“part, partial”) + Ancient Greek Ancient Greek μέλος (mélos, “limb”) + -ia (“disease suffix”).

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