amputation.

The surgical removal or traumatic loss of a limb or another bodily part.

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Words that belong together

• surgical amputation
• traumatic amputation

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The account distinguished surgical amputation from the earlier traumatic injury.

After the amputation, the character’s recovery involved practical changes as well as medical care.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror / sci-fi / gothic. Forms: Singular amputation; plural amputations. Also uncountable for the process. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: hazard description, speculative setting, bodily condition, scene explanation. Disciplines: genre writing, science-informed description, clinical and safety vocabulary. Commonness: moderately common.