amputation

Signification (Anglais)

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

Concepts

amputation

ablation

trancher

coupe

mutilation

Synonymes

severance

cutting

ablation

cutting off

section

cut

disconnection

incision

mutilation

recision

truncation

surgical incision

surgical removal

abruption

abscission

apocope

chop

Traductions

amputación

Amputation

amputação

amputazione

amputatie

ακρωτηριασμός

amputació

wegneming

بتر

afzetting

Ablation

Ablatio

Entfernen von Körpergewebe

ablació

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˌæmpjʊˈteɪʃən/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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