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Definition of Amelia
1. Noun. Congenital absence of an arm or leg.
Definition of Amelia
1. Proper noun. (Germanic female given name) ¹
2. Noun. (pathology) The congenital absence of one or more limbs. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Amelia
1. being born without one or more limbs [n -S]
Medical Definition of Amelia
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Amelia
Literary usage of Amelia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1902)
"amelia 1751 Methinks I long to engage you on the side of this poor ... You guess
that I have not read "amelia." Indeed I have read but the first volume. ..."
2. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Leslie Stephen (1898)
"Indeed, amelia dressed in her wedding-pelisse and pink ribbons, with a flush in
her face, occasioned by rapid travel through the open air, looked so fresh ..."
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