Synonyms for amputation
am·pu·ta·tion

Princeton's WordNet

1. amputationnoun

   a condition of disability resulting from the loss of one or more limbs

2. amputationnoun

   a surgical removal of all or part of a limb

Matched Categories

1. • Disability
   • Operation

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1. List of paraphrases for "amputation":

   mutilation, dismemberment

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1. Christopher Abularrage:

   This new technique provides vascular surgeons and also other interventionalists further options to decrease major amputations and improve amputation-free survival.

2. Gianluca Saetta:

   Interestingly, we found that the less gray matter in the right parietal region of the brain, the stronger the desire for amputation, and the more BID individuals acted as if they were amputees.

3. Linda Rosenthal:

   It’s really an amputation, it’s like if you amputated your finger or your toe at the last joint.

4. Deion Sanders:

   They were talking about the amputation of toes, then they were talking about the amputation of my leg from the knee down. Then, they were trying to ensure I had life.

5. Alma Faz:

   I'm in a wheelchair, post-amputation, having a CT scan, and it came to me that this is what I want to do, and this is where I want to do it, everybody was very caring and had a common goal for me. And so you can't put a price on that.