Meaning

1 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)The congenital absence of one or more limbs.

    Amelie

    congenital absence of an arm or leg

Examples

835 sentences
  1. Felix let Amelia know about that.

    Фелікс повідомив про це Амелію.

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  2. Amelia was unable to bear children.

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  3. Amelia screamed and honked her horn.

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  4. Amelia doesn't consider herself very attractive.

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  5. Amelia was arrested for her naked exposure.

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Translations

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By meaning 1
congenital absence of one or more limbs:

Origin

From a- + Ancient Greek μέλος (mélos, “limb”) + -ia.

From a- + Ancient Greek μέλος (mélos, “limb”) + -ia.

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Forms

plural: amelias
Singularamelia

uncountable

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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