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Amelia vs Meromelia - What's the difference?

amelia | meromelia |

As nouns the difference between amelia and meromelia

is that amelia is the congenital absence of one or more limbs while meromelia is 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.

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

    meromelia

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia meromelia)
  • 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.