Definitions
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- noun pathology The congenital absence of part of one or more
limbs . With legs, usually clarified aspedal (foot),fibular (outer lower leg),tibial (inner lower leg), or full hemimelia. With arms, usually clarified asmanual ,radial ,ulnar , or full hemimelia.
Etymologies
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From hemi- and Ancient Greek μέλος (melos, "limb") and -ia
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Examples
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Holloway was born with fibular hemimelia, which is the absence of the fibula, the smaller of the two bones in the lower leg.
HeraldNet.com Local, Sports, Business and Entertainment News 2008
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For those born with fibular hemimelia, she went on, "the best option to this day is to amputate."
HeraldNet.com Local, Sports, Business and Entertainment News 2008
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