amputation

[ ăm′pyu-tā′shən ]

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Surgical removal of all or part of a limb, an organ, or projecting part or process of the body.

Traumatic or spontaneous loss of a limb, organ, or part.

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One year after the Boston bombing, a maimed survivor faces the choice of amputation.
The Daily Beast’s Best Longreads, April 12, 2014||April 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
KIEV, Ukraine—Outside Kiev, outside Ukraine, academics can ask if the country might be better off after the amputation of Crimea.
Ukraine Hunts for a Scapegoat|Anna Nemtsova|March 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Like Lewis, Huxley lost his wife to cancer; he said it was like ‘an amputation’.
Three Great Men Died That Day: JFK, C.S. Lewis, and Aldous Huxley|John Garth|November 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST
These resulted in trips to the ER for burns, corneal abrasions, and the odd amputation.
Fireworks, Lightning, Riding Lawnmowers and Other Summer Menaces|Trevor Butterworth|July 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST

In some cases, Roth said, amputation is the only solution to “fixing” horrible infections or deformities.
Illegal Butt Injections Are on the Rise and Women Are at Risk|Lizzie Crocker, Caitlin Dickson|October 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST
In our little set of college boys only one, was hurt; he receiving a wound in the leg, which caused its amputation.
"Shiloh" as Seen by a Private Soldier|Warren Olney
Garrison and Phillips proposed the amputation of the diseased limb.
The Blot on the Kaiser's 'Scutcheon|Newell Dwight Hillis
The boy that moves his legs or arms will be understood to invite amputation.
Mrs. Skaggs's Husbands and Other Stories|Bret Harte
He was borne to an hospital but lived only one week, after having endured amputation of his arm.
The Blue and The Gray|A. R. White
A trusted friend of Desault was Ghopart, well known because of the amputation of the foot that bears his name.
An Epitome of the History of Medicine|Roswell Park