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. Amnesty International Iran researcher:

   This punishment exposes the utter brutality of Iran's justice system and underlines the Iranian authorities' shocking disregard for basic humanity, meting out cruel and inhuman retribution punishments is not justice. Blinding, like stoning, amputation and flogging, is a form of corporal punishment prohibited by international law. Such punishments should not be carried out under any circumstances.

2. Sam Crowe:

   It's very concerning that we're seeing that number of deaths and then even people who survived there's a lot of really bad sequela including potential limb amputation and deafness. It's very serious, serious disease.

3. Paul Gaylord:

   If I close my eyes, it feels like they are still there, after the amputation, I was non-weight-bearing, so I laid in bed for a long time. I had several followup surgeries after the amputations, but now I'm doing good. I can do almost anything.

4. Christopher Abularrage:

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

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.