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amputation (s) (noun), amputations (pl)
1. The surgical removal of all or sections of an arm, a leg, an organ, or another part of the body: While cutting the hedge with an electric trimmer, Margarete had a terrible accident and an amputation of her hand had to be performed by a surgeon.
2. Traumatic or spontaneous loss of a limb, organ, or part: The most common indication for an amputation of an upper jointed appendage is severe trauma and it may be the result of a cancerous growth, infection, or gangrene.
The doctors amputated the patient's arm.
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This entry is located in the following units: ambi-, amb-, ambo- (page 3) -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) (noun), traumatic amputations (pl)
An amputation resulting from direct trauma.
This entry is located in the following units: put-, puta-, -pute, -puter, -puting, -putate, -putation, -putative (page 6) traumat-, traumato-, trauma-, traum-, -trauma, -traumatic, -traumatically + (page 3)