acheiria

acheiria

 [ah-ki´re-ah] 1. a anomaly" >developmental anomaly consisting of absence of one hand or both hands.2. a sensation of loss of the hands or a feeling of their absence, seen in conversion disorder.

a·chei·ri·a

(ă-kī'rē-ă), 1. Congenital absence of one or both hands. 2. Anesthesia in one or both hands with loss of the sense of possession of the hand or hands. 3. A sensibility disorder in which the patient is unable to identify which side of the body has received a stimulus. [G. a- priv. + cheir, hand]

acheiria

Uni- or bilateal absence of hands.

acheiria

Handlessness

a·chei·ri·a

(ă-kī'rē-ă) 1. Congenital absence of one or both hands. 2. Anesthesia in, with loss of the sense of possession of, one or both hands. 3. A form of dyscheiria in which the patient is unable to tell which side of the body has received a stimulus. [G. a- priv. + cheir, hand]

a·chei·ri·a

(ă-kī'rē-ă) Anesthesia in one or both hands with loss of the sense of possession of the hand or hands. [G. a- priv. + cheir, hand]