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amputation

English

Etymology

From Middle French amputation, from Latin amputatio.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

amputation (countable and uncountable, plural amputations)

  1. surgical removal of all or part of a limb, etc.
  2. the loss of a limb, etc. through trauma

Translations

See also

  • acrotomophilia
  • apotemnophilia
  • apotemnophobia

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??.py.ta.sj??/
  • Rhymes: -??
  • Homophone: amputations

Noun

amputation f (plural amputations)

  1. amputation

Further reading

  • “amputation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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transfixion

English

Noun

transfixion (countable and uncountable, plural transfixions)

  1. (surgery) In amputation, passing the knife from side to side through tissue close to the bone and dividing muscles outward.

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