abrachia
English edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”) + βραχίων (brakhíōn, “arms”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
abrachia (usually uncountable, plural abrachias)
- (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.