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‖ symmelia Path.|sɪˈmiːlɪə|
[mod.L., f. Gr. σύν sym- + µέλος limb: see -ia1.]
A malformation in which a pair of limbs, esp. the hinder limbs, are fused into one. Hence syˈmmelian a., characterized by symmelia; n., an animal so characterized.
1894Bateson Study of Variation i. xviii. 458 In vertebrates such union is especially well known..producing the cyclopic, synotic and symmelian conditions respectively. Ibid. 459 The body of the symmelian ends posteriorly in an elongated lobe made up of parts of the posterior limbs compounded together by homologous parts. Ibid. note, To the determination of the morphology of the hind limb the structure of the symmelian monster is of unique importance. 1901Dorland Med. Dict. (ed. 2), Symmelia..fusion of the feet and legs. |