Amputation
[,æmpjʊ'teɪʃən] or [,æmpjə'teʃən]
Definition
(noun.) a surgical removal of all or part of a limb.
(noun.) a condition of disability resulting from the loss of one or more limbs.
Edited by Cary--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of amputating; esp. the operation of cutting off a limb or projecting part of the body.
Typist: Ludwig
Unserious Contents or Definition
Ordinary amputation of limbs, denotes small offices lost; the loss of entire legs or arms, unusual depression in trade. To seamen, storm and loss of property. Afflicted persons should be warned to watchfulness after this dream.
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Examples
- It would be equal to the amputation of a limb in its weakening effects upon the enemy. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Hospital amputation? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- A person, that has lost a leg or an arm by amputation, endeavours for a long time afterwards to serve himself with them. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
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