amelia

== English == === Etymology === From a- +‎ Ancient Greek μέλος (mélos, “limb”) +‎ -ia. === Noun === amelia (usually uncountable, plural amelias) (pathology) The congenital absence of one or more limbs. 2021, Femi Oyebode, Psychopathology of Rare and Unusual Syndromes, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Cambridge University Press, page 179, Furthermore, the fact that people with amelia can experience phantom limbs, despite never having had any limbs, points to the existence of neural systems ready to respond to sensory inputs from limbs. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === lamiae == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: a‧me‧li‧a === Noun === amelia f (plural amelias) (teratology) amelia (congenital absence of one or more limbs) === Further reading === “amelia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “amelia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026