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MEROMELIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Congenital absence of part of an arm or leg
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("meromelia" is a kind of...):
birth defect; congenital abnormality; congenital anomaly; congenital defect; congenital disorder (a defect that is present at birth)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "meromelia"):
adactylia; adactylism; adactyly (congenital absence of fingers and/or toes)
phocomelia; seal limbs (an abnormality of development in which the upper part of an arm or leg is missing so the hands or feet are attached to the body like stumps; rare condition that results from taking thalidomide during pregnancy)
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