Usually means: Absence of part of limb.
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  3. Hemimelia: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. hemimelia: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (hemimelia)

noun:  (pathology) The congenital absence of part of one or more limbs. With legs, usually clarified as pedal (foot), fibular (outer lower leg), tibial (inner lower leg), or full hemimelia. With arms, usually clarified as manual, radial, ulnar, or full hemimelia.

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