Etymology

hemimelia

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Today it means: The congenital absence of part of one or more limbs. With legs, usually clarified as pedal (foot), fibular (outer lower leg), tibial (inner lower leg), or full hemimelia. With arms, usually clarified as manual, radial, ulnar, or full hemimelia. Full definition →

Ancient Greek μέλος
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The story

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

From hemi- and Ancient Greek μέλος (mélos, “limb”) and -ia.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekμέλος all →

ameliadulcimermelodramamelosacromesomeliaamelicmelicmelo-melomaniacmeromeliamicromeliananomeliapolymeliarhizomeliatetra-amelia

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