amputation
noun[UorC]
uk/ˌæm.pjəˈteɪ.ʃən/us/ˌæm.pjəˈteɪ.ʃən/thecuttingoff of apartof thebody:
Amputation of thelimbis really a lastresort.
Most amputations in thisregionare theresultofaccidentswithlandmines.
See
amputate
- Hisdoctorstold him hefacesamputation if he overstresses thelegrightnow.
- Shesufferedadoublefractureandavoidedamputation only because ofspeedymedicalattention.
- Diabetes canleadtoblindness,nervedamage, andlegamputation.
- Heunderwentan amputation of hislefthandandforearmafter aworkplaceaccident.
Medical treatment: surgery
- a nip and tuckidiom
- ablate
- adrenalectomy
- amputee
- anaesthesiology
- anaesthetize
- anastomose
- excise
- implantation
- incision
- interoperative
- intraoperative
- knife
- laminectomy
- sex reassignment surgery
- snip
- splenectomy
- spreader
- stereotactic
- transfusion
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