amputee
pronunciation
How to pronounce amputee in British English:
UK [ˌæmpjuˈti:]
How to pronounce amputee in American English:
US [ˌæmpjʊˈti]
-
- Noun:
- someone who has had a limb removed by amputation
Word Origin
- amputee (n.)
- 1910, perhaps on a French model; see amputation + -ee.
Example
- 1. Amputee football , which was played elsewhere in the world before its african debut in 2003 , has its own rules .
- 2. Choppin suggested that the lower ground force was probably due to the relative lack of muscle in an amputee 's leg .
- 3. Lindsay maggs , who is making a documentary film about amputee players , says the sport offers them " a sense of hope , camaraderie and purpose " .
- 4. There 's no job too big for this amputee , beaver carpenter . He 's always eager to lend a helping limb and proves that you can do anything with the right attitude .
- 5. The achievements of amputee sprinter oscar pistorius represents a deep shift in our ideas about what it means to be disabled or human