amputation

surgical removal of all or part of a limb, etc.

Noun

  1. surgical removal of all or part of a limb, etc.
  2. the loss of a limb, etc. through trauma

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French amputation, borrowed from Latin amputātiō (“pruning (of a tree)”).

Forms

amputations

Wikipedia

Amputation

Related

acrotomophilia apotemnophilia apotemnophobia dismemberment

Derived

Ewing amputation

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