acheiria

acheiria definition - medical

a·chei·ri·a or a·chi·ri·a (ə-kīˈrē-ə)

noun
  1. Congenital absence of the hands.
  2. A condition sometimes occurring in hysteria in which there is a loss of the sense of possession of one or both hands.

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