definitions

-melia

a combining form occurring in compound words that denote a condition of the limbs, as specified by the initial element: phocomelia.

Nearby words

-masted, -meal, -megalia, -megaly, -meister, -melia, -ment, -mer, -mere, -merous, -meter

Origin of -melia

< New Latin, combining form representing Greek mélos limb; see -ia
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