Etymology

acromesomelia

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Today it means: A form of dwarfism characterised by both acromelia and mesomelia Full definition →

Ancient Greek μέλος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromμέλος“limb”
  2. English todayacromesomelia

acro- + meso- + Ancient Greek μέλος (mélos, “limb”) + -ia

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekμέλος all →

ameliadulcimermelodramamelosamelichemimeliamelicmelo-melomaniacmeromeliamicromeliananomeliapolymeliarhizomeliatetra-amelia

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