1) Disability 2) Disablement 3) Handicap 4) Impairment 5) Surgical removal procedure
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Amputation is the removal of a body extremity by trauma, prolonged constriction, or surgery. As a surgical measure, it is used to control pain or a disease process in the affected limb, such as malignancy or gangrene. In some cases, it is carried out on individuals as a preventative surgery for such problems. A special case is that of congenital a...
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• (n.) The act of amputating; esp. the operation of cutting off a limb or projecting part of the body.
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in medicine, removal of any part of the body. Commonly the term is restricted to mean surgical removal of a part of or an entire limb, either upper ... [3 related articles]
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The surgical removal of a body part, either due to disease, gangrene, or severe pain.
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Surgery to remove part or all of a limb or appendage.
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Removal of an appending part (appendage) ... (27 Sep 1997) ...
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(am″pu-ta´shәn) the removal of a limb, other appendage, or other body part.
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Am`pu·ta'tion noun [ Latin
amputatio : confer French
amputation .] The act of amputating; esp. the operation of cutting off a limb or projecting part of the body.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: am′pyū-tā′shŭn Definitions: 1. The severing of a limb or part of a limb, the breast, or other projecting part. 2. In dentistry, removal of the root of a tooth, or of the pulp, or of a nerve root or ganglion; a modifying adjective is therefore used (pulp amputation; root amputation).
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Amputation: Removal of part or all of a body part enclosed by skin. For example, removal of part of a finger or an entire finger would be termed an amputation. Removal of an appendix, on the other hand, would not be termed amputation. A person who has undergone an amputation is called an amputee. Amputation usually takes place during surgery in a h...
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n] - a condition of disability resulting from the loss of one or more limbs 2. [n] - a surgical removal of all or part of a limb
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amputation 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.
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Is the complete or partial severing of a limb and is extremely traumatic for the casualty.
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Operation to remove part of the body. Usually used to refer to removing an arm or leg.
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noun a surgical removal of all or part of a limb
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a surgical removal of all or part of a limb
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