amelia

amelia /ame·lia/ (ah-me´le-ah) congenital absence of a limb or limbs.

---

a·mel·i·a (-ml-, -ml-)

n.

Congenital absence of one or more limbs.

---

amelia

[əmē′lyə]

Etymology: Gk, a, melos, not limb

1 a congenital anomaly marked by the absence of one or more limbs. The term may be modified to indicate the number of legs or arms missing at birth, such as tetramelia for the absence of all four limbs.

2 a psychologic trait of apathy or indifference associated with certain forms of psychosis.

---

amelia (·mē·lē·),

n 1. missing a limb, or limbs.
2. psychotic symptom characterized by extreme indifference or apathy in certain mental illnesses.

---

amelia (mel´ē, mē´lē),

n a congenital abnormality characterized by the absence of one or more limbs.

---

amelia

a developmental anomaly with absence of the limbs; an inherited defect in cattle.

---

amelia

Limblessness. See Phocomelia.