limb amputation
Removing an extremity
Limb amputation is the surgical removal of an arm or leg, or part of one.
The procedure may be necessary due to severe injury, infection, cancer, or loss of blood supply from conditions like diabetes.
He learned to walk again after his limb amputation.
The term distinguishes from digit amputation, which involves fingers or toes.
- surgical removalCutting out by operation
- disarticulationSeparation at a joint
- diabetesMetabolic disorder affecting glucose
- traumaLasting psychological wound
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limb amputationreplantation
Reattaching severed tissue surgically
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