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amputation (s), amputations (pl) (nouns)
1. Surgical removal of all or part of a limb (arm, leg, or parts of such), an organ, or projecting part or process of the body.
2. Traumatic or spontaneous loss of a limb, organ, or part.

The most common indication for amputation of an upper limb is severe trauma. Other indications may include malignancy, infection, and gangrene.

This entry is located in the following units: -ation, -ization (-iz[e] + -ation); -isation (British spelling variation) (page 7) put-, puta-, -pute, -puter, -puting, -putate, -putation, -putative (page 1)
Word Entries containing the term: “amputations”
traumatic amputation (s), traumatic amputations (pl) (nouns)
An amputation resulting from direct trauma.
This entry is located in the following units: put-, puta-, -pute, -puter, -puting, -putate, -putation, -putative (page 7) traumat-, traumato-, trauma-, traum-, -trauma, -traumatic, -traumatically + (page 3)