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am·pu·tate
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amputate
To amputate someone's arm or leg means to cut all or part of it off in an operation because it is diseased or badly damaged. -
amputee
An amputee is someone who has had all or part of an arm or a leg amputated. -
hospital gangrene
Pathology. a contagious, often fatal gangrene, especially involving amputation stumps and war wounds, occurring usually in crowded, ill-kept hospitals, and caused by putrefactive bacteria. -
leprosy
a chronic, mildly infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, affecting the peripheral nervous system, skin, and nasal mucosa and variously characterized by ulcerations, tubercular nodules, and loss of sensation that sometimes leads to traumatic amputation of the anesthetized part.