AMELIA

amelia

(noun) congenital absence of an arm or leg

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Proper noun

Amelia

A female given name from Germanic languages

The alternative name for Amelia Courthouse, Amelia County, Virginia, USA.

Anagrams

• lamiae

Etymology

Noun

amelia (uncountable)

(pathology) The congenital absence of one or more limbs.

Anagrams

• lamiae

Source: Wiktionary



RESET




Word of the Day

20 April 2024

MULTIPHASE

(adjective) of an electrical system that uses or generates two or more alternating voltages of the same frequency but differing in phase angle


coffee icon

Coffee Trivia

An article published in Harvard Menโ€™s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.

coffee icon