amputated
Cut off limb
Amputated describes a limb or body part that has been surgically removed or severed: His leg was amputated below the knee.
The word applies both to the lost part and to the person who lost it: an amputated finger, amputated veterans.
Figuratively, amputated suggests violent removal of something once integral: The new highway amputated the neighborhood from downtown.
Physician who operates
- scalpelPrecise surgical knife
- incisionControlled cut into tissue
- anesthesiaInduced loss of feeling
- tourniquetCompression band stopping hemorrhage
suture · ligature · hemostasis · cauterize · sterile · operating · procedure · resection
Recovery from injury/addiction
- prosthesisManufactured replacement body part
- healingRestoration of health
- physiotherapyTreatment restoring bodily function
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
relearn · adjustment · desensitization · mobility · strength · exercise · therapy · resilience
Manufactured body substitute
- wheelchairSeated conveyance for mobility-impaired
- accessibilityEase of approach
- mobilityCapacity for movement
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
assistive · orthotic · accommodation · barrier-free · inclusion · independence · impairment · paralysis
surgeon
Physician who operates
- scalpelPrecise surgical knife
- incisionControlled cut into tissue
- anesthesiaInduced loss of feeling
tourniquet · suture · ligature · hemostasis · cauterize · sterile · operating · procedure · resection · stump
rehabilitation
Recovery from injury/addiction
- prosthesisManufactured replacement body part
- healingRestoration of health
- physiotherapyTreatment restoring bodily function
adaptation · relearn · adjustment · desensitization · mobility · strength · exercise · therapy · resilience · coping
prosthetic
Manufactured body substitute
- wheelchairSeated conveyance for mobility-impaired
- accessibilityEase of approach
- mobilityCapacity for movement
adaptation · assistive · orthotic · accommodation · barrier-free · inclusion · independence · impairment · paralysis
amputatedattached
Joined to another thing
intact · unamputated · joined · connected · whole
amputatedreattached
Joined back together
grafted · reimplanted · restored · reconstructed · regenerated
- leg amputationSurgical removal of leg
- amputated limbsExtremities surgically detached
- limb amputationSurgical removal of appendage
- arm amputationSurgical removal of forelimb
- foot amputationSurgical removal of foot