loss of limb
Losing an arm
Loss of limb is the amputation or destruction of an arm, leg, hand, or foot—whether through accident, surgery, or violence.
The phrase appears most often in insurance policies, legal documents, and medical contexts: The policy covers death and loss of limb.
It sometimes extends to partial losses: loss of limb or digit.
- amputationSurgical limb removal
- prostheticManufactured body substitute
- prosthetic legManufactured limb replacement
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
- stumpTrunk base after felling
disability · severed · trauma · accident · war wound · combat injury · physical therapy · wheelchair · crutches · surgeon · grief · adaptation · nerve · scar · bandage · missing · veteran · recovery
- injuriesbruise, fracture, sprain, fractures, concussion
- sufferingagony, anguish, misery, pain, torment
- disability benefitsdisability benefits, disability payments, disability pension, disability allowance, VA disability
bodily integrity
loss of limbbodily integrity
Control over one's form
able-bodied · whole · intact · uninjured