amputate
REMOVAL OF A BODY EXTREMITY BY TRAUMA, PROLONGED CONSTRICTION, OR SURGERY
Amputees; Amputate; Amputee; Amputated; Amputations; Traumatic amputation; Ankle-joint amputation; Disarticulation Amputation; Above knee amputation; Lower limb amputation; Traumatic Amputation; Below knee amputation; Limb amputation; Limb loss; Loss of limb; Above-knee amputation; BK amputation; Below-the-knee amputation; Major amputation; Guillotine amputation; Amputating; Severing of hand; Amputation stump
(amputates, amputating, amputated)
To amputate someone's arm or leg means to cut all or part of it off in an operation because it is diseased or badly damaged.
To save his life, doctors amputated his legs...
He had to have one leg amputated above the knee.
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• amputation (amputations)
He lived only hours after the amputation.
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