amelia

¹ American

[uh-mel-ee-uh, ey-mee-lee-uh] / əˈmɛl i ə, eɪˈmi li ə /

noun

Pathology.

the congenital absence of one or more limbs.

Amelia ² American

[uh-meel-yuh] / əˈmil yə /

noun

a first name: from a Germanic word meaning “industrious.”

amelia British

/ əˈmiːlɪə /

noun

pathol the congenital absence of arms or legs

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Etymology

Origin of amelia

First recorded in 1970–75; a- ⁶ + -melia

Example Sentences

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Others arrived, and by the time the bell rang, there were seven of us: Noah, Ava, Amelia, Logan, Benjamin, Harper, and me.

From Literature

Noah and Amelia were finishing homework.

From Literature

And in 2019, an Irish Setter from Hampshire, called Amelia, had 16 pups delivered by caesarean section.

From BBC

Stoecker, Freya Tarbit and Amelia Coltman all finished in the top 10 of the women's skeleton, while there were more than 20 top-10 finishes in total.

From BBC

“We didn’t have examples of what best practice was,” said Amelia Vance, the president of the Public Interest Privacy Center, a nonprofit organization.

From Los Angeles Times

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