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a•mel•i•a

Pronunciation: (u-mel'ē-u, ā-mē'lē-u), [key]
—n. Pathol.
the congenital absence of one or more limbs.

Pronunciation: (u-mēl'yu), [key]
—n.
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “industrious.”

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