amputation
Limb removal surgery
Amputation is the surgical removal of a limb or other body part, or the result of such a procedure: The infection spread so badly that amputation was the only option.
The word extends to any decisive cutting off: the amputation of funding, the amputation of territory after the war.
Precise surgical knife
- tourniquetCompression band stopping hemorrhage
- surgeonPhysician who operates
- anesthesiaInduced loss of feeling
- incisionControlled cut into tissue
hemostasis · sutures · ligature · cauterization · clamps · sterile · operating · dissection
Trunk base after felling
- gangreneTissue death from bloodlessness
- necrosisLocalized cell death
- dismembermentRemoval of limbs
- limblessWithout arms or legs
trauma · digit · extremity · finger · toe · leg · arm · hand
Intense sorrow from loss
- lossBeing without something
- mourningPeriod following loss
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- acceptanceConsent to receive
resilience · coping · identity · adjustment · support · anguish · bereavement · sorrow
Manufactured replacement body part
- artificialMade, not natural
- socketHollow receiving cavity
- bionicMechanically augmented human
- roboticStiff and unemotional
mechanical · orthotic · titanium · silicone · exoskeleton · motorized · cybernetic · interface
Recovery from injury/addiction
- physiotherapyTreatment restoring bodily function
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
- healingRestoration of health
- convalescencePost-illness healing phase
mobility · adaptation · therapy · exercise · strength · adjustment · patience · support
Removal by cutting, melting
- mastectomySurgical breast removal
- lumpectomyExcision of abnormal growth
- colectomySurgical removal of colon
- gastrectomyStomach excision surgery
cystectomy · cholecystectomy · removal · excise · surgical · elective · therapeutic · oncological
scalpel
Precise surgical knife
- tourniquetCompression band stopping hemorrhage
- surgeonPhysician who operates
- anesthesiaInduced loss of feeling
incision · hemostasis · sutures · ligature · cauterization · clamps · sterile · operating · dissection · preoperative
stump
Trunk base after felling
- gangreneTissue death from bloodlessness
- necrosisLocalized cell death
- dismembermentRemoval of limbs
limbless · trauma · digit · extremity · finger · toe · leg · arm · hand · foot
grief
Intense sorrow from loss
acceptance · resilience · coping · identity · adjustment · support · anguish · bereavement · sorrow · phantom
prosthesis
Manufactured replacement body part
- artificialMade, not natural
- socketHollow receiving cavity
- bionicMechanically augmented human
robotic · mechanical · orthotic · titanium · silicone · exoskeleton · motorized · cybernetic · interface · custom-made
rehabilitation
Recovery from injury/addiction
- physiotherapyTreatment restoring bodily function
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
- healingRestoration of health
convalescence · mobility · adaptation · therapy · exercise · strength · adjustment · patience · support · caregiving
ablation
Removal by cutting, melting
- mastectomySurgical breast removal
- lumpectomyExcision of abnormal growth
- colectomySurgical removal of colon
gastrectomy · cystectomy · cholecystectomy · removal · excise · surgical · elective · therapeutic · oncological · vascular
- medical proceduressurgery, transplant, bypass surgery, biopsy, heart surgery
- surgeriessurgery, appendectomy, hysterectomy, minor surgery, elective surgery
- emergency surgeryemergency surgery, trauma care, surgical teams, surgical tools, resuscitation
- Leg Surgeryknee surgery, hip surgery, ankle surgery, foot surgery, knee replacement
- medieval medicinebloodletting, leeching, four humors, humors, barber-surgeons
- surgical removalsexcision, removal, tumor excision, mastectomy, lumpectomy
amputationreattachment
Reconnecting something separated
replantation · transplantation · grafting · reconstructive surgery · reconstruction
amputationrestoration
Returning something to condition
wholeness · intactness · completeness · regeneration · regrowth
- leg amputationSurgical removal of leg
- limb amputationSurgical removal of appendage
- arm amputationSurgical removal of forelimb
- foot amputationSurgical removal of foot