amelia
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Danh từ
nounPlural noun:
amelias
- 1.
(uncountable, usually)(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.
Nguồn gốc từ
From a- Ancient Greek μέλος (limb) -ia.