Hypertext Webster Gateway: "amputation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Amputation \Am`pu*ta"tion\, n. [L. amputatio: cf. F.
amputation.]
The act of amputating; esp. the operation of cutting off a
limb or projecting part of the body.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
amputation
n 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
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