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Amelia vs Dysmelia - What's the difference?

amelia | dysmelia |

As nouns the difference between amelia and dysmelia

is that amelia is the congenital absence of one or more limbs while dysmelia is any congenital disorder of the limbs, such as amelia or syndactyly.

As a proper noun Amelia

is {{given name|female|from=Germanic}.

amelia

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • * 1776 Adam Fitz-Adam, The World of Adam Fitz-Adam , Edinburgh, Apollo Press 1776: Numb. 187. Thursday, July 29, 1756:
    • By their dresses, their names, and the airs of quality they give themselves, I am rendered ridiculous among all my acquaintance. My wife, who is a very plain good woman, and whose name is Amey, has been new-christened, and is called Amelia ; and my little daughter, a child of a year old, is no longer Polly, but Maria.
  • * 1982 , Saving Amelia Earhart ,The Third Coast: Contemporary Michigan Fiction, ISBN 0814316956 page 66:
    • We must have heard it first on the battery radio, the news about Amelia' Earhart, lost over the ocean. - - - Air Heart, I saw it spelled, ' Amelia ... a name like a soft, bold bird.

    See also

    * Alma * Amy * Emily

    dysmelia

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia dysmelia)
  • Any congenital disorder of the limbs, such as amelia or syndactyly.