amelia
/əˈmiːli.ə/
amelia noun: the congenital absence of one or more limbs.
Noun
amelia (usually uncountable, plural amelias)
- The congenital absence of one or more limbs.
- As already mentioned, limb deficiencies – amelias and meromelias – represent an important group of limb abnormalities.2006, Patrizia Ferretti, Andrew Copp, Cheryll Tickle, Embryos, Genes and Birth Defects, page 126
- The newborn examination confirms the diagnosis of amelia and distinguishes it from other limb deficiencies (e.g. terminal transverse defects) and sirenomelia.2020, Birth Defects Surveillance: A Manual for Programme Managers, 2nd edition, World Health Organization, page 119
Proper noun capitalized: Amelia
Amelia
- A female given name from the Germanic languages.
- By their dresses, their names, and the airs of quality they give themselves, I am rendered ridiculous among all my acquaintance. My wife, who is a very plain good woman, and whose name is Amey, has been new-christened, and is called Amelia; and my little daughter, a child of a year old, is no...1776 Adam Fitz-Adam, The World of Adam Fitz-Adam, Edinburgh, Apollo Press 1776: Numb. 187. Thursday, July 29, 1756
- We must have heard it first on the battery radio, the news about Amelia Earhart, lost over the ocean. […] Air Heart, I saw it spelled, Amelia ... a name like a soft, bold bird.1982 Carol Fenner, Saving Amelia Earhart,The Third Coast: Contemporary Michigan Fiction page 66
- The alternative name for Amelia Courthouse, Amelia County, Virginia, US.
amelia meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
amelia in Hindi
- अमेलिया, एमेलिया
amelia in Tamil
- கால்கள் இல்லாமை, அங்கதற்ற பிறவி, அங்கமின்மை, பிறவி ஊனம்
amelia in Marathi
- अमेलिया, एमेलिया, आमेलिया
amelia in Urdu
- امیلیا, امیلیہ
More languagesFewer languages
- amelia in Bengali
- জন্মগতভাবে এক, একাধিক অঙ্গের অনুপস্থিতি
- amelia in Telugu
- అమేలియా, అమెలియా
- amelia in Malayalam
- അമേലിയ, അമിലിയ, അമേലിയാ
- amelia in Kannada
- ಕೈಕಾಲುಕೊರೆ
- amelia in Punjabi
- ਅਮੀਲੀਆ, ਅਮੇਲੀਆ
- amelia in Gujarati
- એમેલિયા, અમેલિયા
- amelia in Odia
- ଆମେଲିଆ, ଆମେଲିଯ଼ା
- amelia in Nepali
- अमेलिया, एमेलिया, आमेलिया
Forms of amelia
| plural | amelias |
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Origin of amelia
From a- + Ancient Greek μέλος (mélos, “limb”) + -ia.
A variant of Amalia, derived from Germanic compound names beginning with *amalą (“vigor, bravery”). For the first element, compare *ammōną (“to bother, irritate”). The name and its variants have been confused with the Latin name Aemilia (whence Emilia, Emily) and the French Aimée (whence Amy).
Words formed from amelia
Phrases with amelia
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Questions about amelia
- What does amelia mean?
- Amelia means the congenital absence of one or more limbs.
- What is amelia in Hindi?
- Amelia in Hindi is अमेलिया, एमेलिया. See Amelia meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is amelia?
- Amelia can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce amelia?
- Amelia is pronounced /əˈmiːli.ə/.
- What is the plural of amelia?
- The plural of amelia is amelias.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: amelia (page history and authors); Amelia (page history and authors); amelia (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); amelia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); amelia (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); amelia (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); amelia (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); amelia (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); amelia (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); amelia (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); amelia (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); amelia (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); amelia (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); amelia (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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