Amelia (birth defect)
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For other uses, see Amelia (disambiguation).
Amelia is the birth defect of lacking one or more limbs.[1][2] The term may be modified to indicate the number of legs or arms missing at birth, such as tetra-amelia for the absence of all four limbs. The term is from Greek ἀ- 'lack of' plus μέλος (plural: μέλεα or μέλη) 'limb'.
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