MEROMELIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does meromelia mean? 

• MEROMELIA (noun)
  The noun MEROMELIA has 1 sense:

1. congenital absence of part of an arm or leg

  Familiarity information: MEROMELIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MEROMELIA (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)