amputations
Limb removal surgeries
Amputations is the plural of amputation—the surgical removal of a limb or other body part, or the result of such a procedure.
The term applies both to planned medical interventions and to traumatic losses: The accident resulted in multiple amputations.
Figuratively, amputation can describe any severe cutting away: the amputation of whole departments from the company.
Fabricated body part replacements
- stumpTrunk base after felling
- surgeonPhysician who operates
- operating roomSurgical procedure venue
- tourniquetCompression band stopping hemorrhage
anesthesia · debridement · revision surgery · phantom limb · residual limb · closure · flap · bone saw
Manufactured replacement body part
- physical therapyRehabilitative movement-based medical care
- phantom painSensation from removed limb
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- mobilityCapacity for movement
wheelchair · crutches · adaptive · occupational therapy · adjustment · support group · amputee · desensitization
Metabolic disorder affecting glucose
- gangreneTissue death from bloodlessness
- necrosisLocalized cell death
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- sepsisDangerous inflammatory infection response
frostbite · trauma · cancer · osteosarcoma · circulation · ischemia · tissue death · complication
Combat engagement area
- combatArmed hostile engagement
- IEDMakeshift explosive weapon
- landmineBuried pressure-activated explosive
- explosiveProne to sudden detonation
shrapnel · military · veteran · medic · triage · evacuation · field hospital · blast injury
Ambulatory limb
hand · below-knee · above-knee · digit · metacarpal · metatarsal · bilateral · unilateral
prosthetics
Fabricated body part replacements
- stumpTrunk base after felling
- surgeonPhysician who operates
- operating roomSurgical procedure venue
tourniquet · anesthesia · debridement · revision surgery · phantom limb · residual limb · closure · flap · bone saw · ligation
prosthesis
Manufactured replacement body part
- physical therapyRehabilitative movement-based medical care
- phantom painSensation from removed limb
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
mobility · wheelchair · crutches · adaptive · occupational therapy · adjustment · support group · amputee · desensitization · compression
diabetes
Metabolic disorder affecting glucose
- gangreneTissue death from bloodlessness
- necrosisLocalized cell death
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
sepsis · frostbite · trauma · cancer · osteosarcoma · circulation · ischemia · tissue death · complication · wound healing
battlefield
Combat engagement area
- combatArmed hostile engagement
- IEDMakeshift explosive weapon
- landmineBuried pressure-activated explosive
explosive · shrapnel · military · veteran · medic · triage · evacuation · field hospital · blast injury · traumatic
leg
Ambulatory limb
foot · hand · below-knee · above-knee · digit · metacarpal · metatarsal · bilateral · unilateral · upper limb
- disfigurementsscars, scar, scarring, deformities, deformity
- military medicinecombat medics, combat medic, field hospitals, army surgeon, combat medicine
- war medicinecombat medic, combat medics, field hospital, field hospitals, field surgery
- workplace injuriescuts, burns, fractures, sprains, lacerations
- Leprosyleprosy, Hansen's disease, mycobacterium, bacillus, bacilli
- War Woundsshrapnel wound, shrapnel wounds, gunshot wound, gunshot wounds, bullet wound
amputationsreattachments
Rejoining severed parts
reimplantations · grafts · transplantations · reconstructions · transplants
amputationswholeness
Complete, undivided state
intactness · preservation · completeness · healing · restorations
- leg amputationSurgical removal of leg
- limb amputationSurgical removal of appendage
- arm amputationSurgical removal of forelimb
- foot amputationSurgical removal of foot