amputation
pronunciation
How to pronounce amputation in British English:
UK [ˌæmpjʊ'teɪʃn]
How to pronounce amputation in American English:
US [ˌæmpjəˈteʃən]
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- Noun:
- a condition of disability resulting from the loss of one or more limbs
- a surgical removal of all or part of a limb
Word Origin
- amputation (n.)
- 1610s, "a cutting off of tree branches, a pruning," also "operation of cutting off a limb, etc., of a body," from Middle French amputation or directly from Latin amputationem (nominative amputatio), noun of action from past participle stem of amputare "cut off, lop off; cut around, to prune," from am(bi)- "about" (see ambi-) + putare "to prune, trim" (see pave).
Example
- 1. Their recommendation for inducing disgust was a short film showing an amputation .
- 2. Left untreated , type two diabetes can raise the risk of heart attacks , blindness and amputation .
- 3. The doctor say I must to go to singapore for cut off my arm , for amputation .
- 4. This is not good because it increases the risk of heart disease , stroke , blindness , kidney failure and amputation .
- 5. To test this idea , she asked a number of patients undergoing amputation to take a drug called memantine .