amputates
Cuts off limbs
Amputates is the third-person singular of amputate—to surgically remove a limb or other body part.
Doctors amputate when tissue is too damaged or diseased to save: The surgeon amputates below the knee to prevent the infection from spreading.
Figuratively, to amputate is to cut away decisively: The company amputates unprofitable divisions.
Cuts completely through
- removesTakes something out
- excisesRemoves by cutting
- cutsSevers or reduces
- dissectsCuts open to examine
operates · anesthetizes · tourniquets · cauterizes · sutures · incises · surgeon · scalpel
Severs or interrupts
- eliminatesRemoves from consideration
- removesTakes something out
- seversCuts completely through
- truncatesCuts off abruptly
excises · detaches · disconnects · separates · isolates · prunes · strips · divides
Tissue death from bloodlessness
- necrosisLocalized cell death
- diabetesMetabolic disorder affecting glucose
- sepsisDangerous inflammatory infection response
- frostbiteFreezing of body tissue
infection · circulation · ischemia · tissue · vascular · complications · peripheral · disease
severs
Cuts completely through
dissects · operates · anesthetizes · tourniquets · cauterizes · sutures · incises · surgeon · scalpel · limb
cuts off
Severs or interrupts
- eliminatesRemoves from consideration
- removesTakes something out
- seversCuts completely through
truncates · excises · detaches · disconnects · separates · isolates · prunes · strips · divides · excludes
gangrene
Tissue death from bloodlessness
- necrosisLocalized cell death
- diabetesMetabolic disorder affecting glucose
- sepsisDangerous inflammatory infection response
frostbite · infection · circulation · ischemia · tissue · vascular · complications · peripheral · disease · trauma
amputatesreattaches
Secures again after separation
reimplants · grafts · transplants · replants · attaches
- leg amputationSurgical removal of leg
- amputated limbsExtremities surgically detached
- limb amputationSurgical removal of appendage
- arm amputationSurgical removal of forelimb
- foot amputationSurgical removal of foot