Absence of one or more limbs from birth.
The absence of a limb from birth, or a condition in which a limb is short from birth.
A birth defect that involves the absence of one or more limbs. The absence of all four limbs is called tetramelia; nearly absent limbs, with hands or feet attached almost directly to the body, is called phocomelia. Amelia is also a psychological term for the apathy and indifference sometimes associated with psychosis.
Congenital total absence of the arms or legs due to a developmental defect. It is one of the fetal abnormalities induced by the drug thalidomide taken early in pregnancy.
This is absence of the limbs, usually a congenital defect.
Congenital absence of one or more limbs.