amelia

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

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a·mel·i·a (-ml-, -ml-)

n.

Congenital absence of one or more limbs.

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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.

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anomaly [ah-nom´ah-le]

marked deviation from normal. adj., adj anom´alous.

Axenfeld's anomaly a developmental anomaly characterized by a circular opacity of the posterior peripheral cornea, and caused by an irregularly thickened, axially displaced Schwalbe's ring.

congenital anomaly (developmental anomaly) absence, deformity, or excess of body parts as the result of faulty development of the embryo.

Ebstein's anomaly see ebstein's anomaly.

May-Hegglin anomaly a rare dominantly inherited disorder of blood cell morphology, characterized by RNA-containing cytoplasmic inclusions (similar to Döhle bodies) in granulocytes, by large, poorly granulated platelets, and by thrombocytopenia.

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amelia (·mē·lē·),

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

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amelia (mel´ē, mē´lē),

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

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amelia

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

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amelia

Limblessness. See Phocomelia.