amelia

FREQ #6780

[医] 无肢[畸形], 缺肢[畸形]

词形变化

amelias 复数 amelias

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The congenital absence of one or more limbs.

    不可数 医学

    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.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

birth defect congenital disorder

相关短语

Amelia Island Amelia County Amelia Courthouse

词源

From a- + Ancient Greek μέλος (mélos, “limb”) + -ia.

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