Meaning of meromelia | Babel Free

Definitions

A birth defect characterized by the lacking of a part, but not all, of one or more limbs with the presence of a hand or foot, resulting in a shrunken and deformed extremity.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“As already mentioned, limb deficiencies – amelias and meromelias – represent an important group of limb abnormalities.”

CEFR level