Word · Frequency #17586
amelias
无肢畸形；缺肢畸形
amelias is the plural of amelia.
congenital absence of an arm or leg
- 1.
The congenital absence of one or more limbs.
先天缺少一个或多个肢体
先天缺少一个或多个肢体；无肢[畸形]；缺肢[畸形]
In use
Amelia is a rare birth defect in which a baby is born without an arm or a leg.
The hospital team cared for a newborn with amelia and helped the family plan for a prosthetic arm.
Some amelias affect only one arm, while others involve both legs.
be born with amelia
The baby was born with amelia.
这名婴儿出生时患有缺肢畸形。
a case of amelia
The hospital reported a rare case of amelia.
该医院报告了一例罕见的缺肢畸形。
amelia of the [limb]
此结构用于说明具体缺失的肢体。
Amelia of the left arm is usually diagnosed with ultrasound.
左臂缺肢畸形通常可通过超声进行诊断。
Common mistakes
He was born amelia.He was born with amelia.
中文常说“天生无肢”，容易把 amelia 直接放在 born 后面；但 born 表示先天带有某种状况时，介词 with 不能省略。
He is amelia.He has amelia.
amelia 是名词，指“无肢畸形”这一疾病，不能像形容词一样作表语；表达“患有某病”应用 have。
He was born with an amelia.He was born with amelia.
这里的 amelia 指疾病整体，是不可数名词，不加不定冠词 an；仅在表示不同类型的病例时才用复数 amelias。
Connections
Collocations
- congenital amelia
- 先天性缺肢畸形
- Congenital amelia is usually detected during a prenatal scan.先天性缺肢畸形通常在产前扫描中被发现。
- bilateral amelia
- 双侧缺肢畸形
- Bilateral amelia means both arms are absent from birth.双侧缺肢畸形意味着出生时双臂缺失。
- unilateral amelia
- 单侧缺肢畸形
- Unilateral amelia affects only one side of the body.单侧缺肢畸形仅影响身体的一侧。
- upper-limb amelia
- 上肢缺肢畸形
- Upper-limb amelia can occur with other skeletal defects.上肢缺肢畸形可能与其他骨骼缺陷同时出现。
- lower-limb amelia
- 下肢缺肢畸形
- The child was diagnosed with lower-limb amelia shortly after birth.这个孩子出生后不久就被诊断患有下肢缺肢畸形。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
「无肢」想成 a + melia（缺肢体），先天缺少臂或腿即 amelia 无肢畸形。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：医学文献、临床报告、遗传咨询 该词是医学术语，通常用于正式或临床语境，多出现在病历、医学教科书和遗传咨询中；日常口语里比较少见，可用“先天性缺肢”之类的通俗说法表达。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词的重读元音均为 /iː/，后面都是 /ljə/，因此与 amelia /əˈmiːljə/ 押韵：camellia、Delia、Ophelia、Cordelia、Cecilia。注意 azalea /əˈzeɪliə/、dahlia /ˈdeɪliə/、Julia /ˈdʒuːliə/ 拼写相似，但重读元音不同，并不押韵。
Learn the forms together
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Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.