amputation

[am-pyuh-tay-shuhn, am-pyoo-]

noun

1. the act or instance of surgically removing a limb or part of a limb.

2. the act of removing something by cutting, as if by surgery.

3. a disability caused by the loss of a limb or part of a limb.

4. Medicine/Medical.,  any absence or loss of a limb or part of a limb, whether congenitally or due to surgery or disease.

Example Sentences

"Every couple of hours there are multiple amputation cases with massive resuscitation. It's life or limb, literally," she told the BBC.

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The truth behind his amputations was finally laid bare in court on Thursday.

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It heard that in May 2019 Hopper had below knee amputations after a "mysterious illness".

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Thirty one patients and their companions arrived Rome, Milan, and Pisa this week, all with serious congenital diseases, wounds or amputations, the Italian foreign ministry said.

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Gaza, he adds, now has the highest rate of child amputations per capita in the world.

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