tetra-amelia

noun

A particular congenital disorder, whose main symptom is the lack of legs, arms, and hands.

OriginAncient Greek τέτταρες →
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Meanings

nountetra-amelia (uncountable)

alternative tetraamelia

  1. uncountableA particular congenital disorder, whose main symptom is the lack of legs, arms, and hands.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekμέλος“limb”
  2. Ancient Greekτέτταρες
  3. Englishtetra-amelia

From tetra- + amelia, tetra- from combining form of Ancient Greek τέτταρες (téttares) and τέσσαρες (téssares, “four”), and amelia from a- and Ancient Greek μέλος (mélos, “limb”) and -ia.

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