amputation

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Sinonieme

severance

cutting

ablation

cutting off

section

cut

disconnection

incision

mutilation

recision

truncation

surgical incision

surgical removal

abruption

abscission

apocope

chop

Vertalings

amputation

amputación

Amputation

amputazione

amputação

amputatie

ακρωτηριασμός

amputació

wegneming

بتر

afzetting

Ablation

ablation

Ablatio

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˌæmpjʊˈteɪʃən/

Etimologie (Engels)

Borrowed from Middle French amputation, borrowed from Latin amputātiō (“pruning (of a tree)”).