Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Congenital absence of the arms.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In zoology, absence of anterior limbs.
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- noun medicine The
congenital absence of botharms
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- noun the condition of having no arms
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[a– + Greek brakhiōn, arm; see brace + –ia.]
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From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, "not") + Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhiōn, "arms").
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