Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryThe congenital absence of one or more limbs.
From a- + Ancient Greek μέλος (mélos, “limb”) + -ia.
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Derivation mentionμέλοςgrc
Inspect preserved source fields
Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
{
"templates": [
{
"name": "prefix",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "a",
"3": ""
},
"expansion": "a- +"
},
{
"name": "der",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "grc",
"3": "μέλος",
"4": "",
"5": "limb"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek μέλος (mélos, “limb”)"
},
{
"name": "suffix",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "",
"3": "ia"
},
"expansion": "+ -ia"
}
],
"links": [
[
"a-",
"a-#English"
],
[
"μέλος",
"μέλος#Ancient_Greek"
],
[
"-ia",
"-ia#English"
]
],
"references": [],
"descendants": [],
"lexical": [
{
"pos": "noun",
"glosses": [
"The congenital absence of one or more limbs."
],
"tags": [
"uncountable",
"usually"
],
"recordId": "24809bb8b73f5c8c3fa62ab727e9b8f7612cddfda6fd8dbc018d76e1fcc4f536",
"rawRecordSha256": "64aa2601f52b0a59be7bf26764677ba3d5fd0d08dcc8b7a6a64b09c757757872",
"sourceRecordOrdinal": 812637
}
],
"omittedAuxiliaryFields": {
"templates": 0,
"links": 0,
"references": 0,
"descendants": 0,
"lexicalRecords": 0,
"lexicalSenses": 0,
"glosses": 0
}
}