abrachia

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”) + βραχίων (brakhíōn, “arms”).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /əˈbɹeɪ.ki.ə/
  • Rhymes: -eɪkiə

Noun

abrachia (usually uncountable, plural abrachias)

  1. (medicine) The congenital absence of both arms
    • 1984, Harold Kalter, Issues and Reviews in Teratology‎[1], volume 2, page 103:
      Neonates with abrachia have dysplasia of the spinal cord segment corresponding to the leg defect.

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