Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗adj
Born without limbs.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA person or animal born without limbs.
From a- + Ancient Greek μέλος (mélos, “limb”) + -ic; formed in English as an adjectival counterpart to amelia.
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- Derivation mentionμέλοςgrc
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