amputation
nounUK /ˌæmpjʊˈteɪʃən/ · CA, US /ˌæmpjʊˈteɪʃən/
Etymology Borrowed from Middle French amputation, borrowed from Latin amputātiō (“pruning (of a tree)”).
1
surgical removal of all or part of a limb, etc.
2
the loss of a limb, etc. through trauma
- Derived terms
- Ewing amputation
- Related terms
- acrotomophilia, apotemnophilia, apotemnophobia, dismemberment