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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
congenital absence of part of an arm or leg
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: birth defect, congenital anomaly, congenital defect, congenital disorder, congenital abnormality
Narrower terms: adactylia, adactyly, adactylism, phocomelia, seal limbs
History
From mero- (“part, partial”) + Ancient Greek Ancient Greek μέλος (mélos, “limb”) + -ia (“disease suffix”).
