meromelia

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meromelia

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

noun meromelias

countable, uncountable 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.

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@misc{meromelia_2026,
  title = {meromelia},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/meromelia},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}