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meromelia

meromelia noun: 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.

Noun

meromelia (countable and uncountable, plural meromelias)

  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.
    • 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

Forms of meromelia

pluralmeromelias

Origin of meromelia

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

Questions about meromelia

What does meromelia mean?
Meromelia means 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.
What part of speech is meromelia?
Meromelia is a noun.
What is the plural of meromelia?
The plural of meromelia is meromelias.

Words near meromelia in the dictionary

  1. Merolas
  2. merolectin
  3. merolectins
  4. merolimnic
  5. merome
  6. meromelia
  7. meromelias
  8. meromes
  9. meromictic
  10. meromictic lake
  11. meromictic lakes

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