amputate
Cut off surgically
To amputate is to cut off a limb or other body part, typically through surgery: The doctors had to amputate his leg below the knee.
The word implies a deliberate, often medical procedure rather than accidental loss.
Figuratively, to amputate is to remove something drastically: The budget cuts amputated entire departments.
Severance or reduction
excise · detach · separate · disconnect · bisect · dissect · slice · shear
Physician who operates
- scalpelPrecise surgical knife
- incisionControlled cut into tissue
- anesthesiaInduced loss of feeling
- tourniquetCompression band stopping hemorrhage
prosthesis · limb · gangrene · necrosis · debridement · resection · disarticulation · ligature
Recovery from injury/addiction
- prosthesisManufactured replacement body part
- healingRestoration of health
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
therapy · convalescence · restoration · physiotherapy · mobility · relearning · strength · closure
Jointed bodily projection
- absenceState of not being
- voidWithout legal effect
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
mourning · deprivation · sacrifice · adjustment · identity · wholeness · bereavement · forfeit
cut
Severance or reduction
remove · excise · detach · separate · disconnect · bisect · dissect · slice · shear · extricate
surgeon
Physician who operates
- scalpelPrecise surgical knife
- incisionControlled cut into tissue
- anesthesiaInduced loss of feeling
tourniquet · prosthesis · limb · gangrene · necrosis · debridement · resection · disarticulation · ligature · suture
rehabilitation
Recovery from injury/addiction
- prosthesisManufactured replacement body part
- healingRestoration of health
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
resilience · therapy · convalescence · restoration · physiotherapy · mobility · relearning · strength · closure · adjustment
limb
Jointed bodily projection
grief · mourning · deprivation · sacrifice · adjustment · identity · wholeness · bereavement · forfeit · lack
agony
Extreme physical or emotional pain
discomfort · numb · soreness · distress · anguish · twinge · nerve · sensation · chronic · residual
amputatereattach
Connect again after separation
attach · graft · transplant · implant · replant
amputaterestore
Return to earlier state
regenerate · regrow · preserve · reconstruct · rebuild
- leg amputationSurgical removal of leg
- amputated limbsExtremities surgically detached
- limb amputationSurgical removal of appendage
- arm amputationSurgical removal of forelimb
- foot amputationSurgical removal of foot