abrachia

abrachia

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈbɹeɪ.ki.ə/

Noun

abrachia (usually uncountable, plural abrachias)

1. (medicine) The congenital absence of both arms
   • 1984, Harold Kalter, Issues and Reviews in Teratology‎, volume 2, page 103:

     Neonates with abrachia have dysplasia of the spinal cord segment corresponding to the leg defect.

Translations

the congenital absence of both arms

Finnish: abrakia

Portuguese: abraquia f

See also

• apodia