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Amputation

Surgical removal of all or part of a limb, etc.

📖 Definitions of "Amputation"

noun

1
Surgical removal of all or part of a limb, etc.
2
The loss of a limb, etc. through trauma

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Amputation"

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Word	Definition
dismembermentnoun	(countable) The act of dismembering.
mutilationnoun	The act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated.
lossnoun	(countable) The result of no longer possessing an object, a function, or a characteristic due to external causes or misplacement.
severancenoun	A severance payment.
truncationnoun	(linguistics) The act of truncating or shortening (for example, words are shortened to form blend words or portmanteaus).
disarticulationnoun	Some amputations: where a joint is disarticulated: e.g. knee, hip, elbow or shoulder disarticulation.
ablationnoun	(surgery) The surgical removal of a body part, an organ, or especially a tumor; the removal of an organ function; amputation.
excisionnoun	(surgery) The removal of something (a tumor or body part) by cutting.
decapitationnoun	Beheading; the act of beheading or decapitating.
guillotiningverb	(historical, also figuratively) A machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation, consisting of a tall upright frame from which is suspended a heavy diagonal-edged blade which is dropped onto the neck of the person to be executed; also, execution using this machine.
clippingnoun	(uncountable, linguistics) A process of word formation involving shortening by removal of syllables, often terminal ones.
cleavagenoun	The hollow or separation between a woman's breasts, especially as revealed by a low neckline.
resectionnoun	(medicine) The surgical removal of part or all of a tissue, organ, tumor, or body part.
detachmentnoun	(uncountable) Indifference to the concerns of others; disregard; nonchalance; aloofness.
removalnoun	The process of removing or the fact of being removed.
choppingnoun	The action by which something is chopped; the act of assailing something with chops.
loppingnoun	That which is cut off; leavings.
sectioningnoun	A division into sections.
slicingnoun	The action of the verb to slice.
extirpationnoun	The act of extirpating or uprooting.