acheiria

acheiria /achei·ria/ (ah-ki´re-ah)

1. congenital absence of one or both hands.

2. lack of sensation of the hands or a feeling of their absence.

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a·chei·ri·a or a·chi·ri·a (-kr-)

n.

1. Congenital absence of the hands.

2. A condition sometimes occurring in hysteria in which there is a loss of the sense of possession of one or both hands.

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acheiria

[əkī′rē·ə]

Etymology: Gk, a, not, cheir, hand

a congenital absence of one or both hands.

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acheiria [ah-ki´re-ah]

1. a developmental anomaly consisting of absence of one hand or both hands.

2. a sensation of loss of the hands or a feeling of their absence, seen in conversion disorder.

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acheiria

a developmental anomaly with absence of the forefeet.

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acheiria

Handlessness