AMPUTATION
Dictionary entry overview: What does amputation mean? • AMPUTATION (noun)
The noun AMPUTATION has 2 senses:
1. a condition of disability resulting from the loss of one or more limbs
2. a surgical removal of all or part of a limb
Familiarity information: AMPUTATION used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• AMPUTATION (noun)
Meaning:
A condition of disability resulting from the loss of one or more limbs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("amputation" is a kind of...):
disability; disablement; handicap; impairment (the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness)
Meaning:
A surgical removal of all or part of a limb
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("amputation" is a kind of...):
operation; surgery; surgical operation; surgical procedure; surgical process (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body)
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