Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure
amputation Audio
am·pu·ta·tion [ am-pyoo-tay-shun ]
Subclass of:
Orthopedic Procedures
Etymology:
Latin amputatio = a cutting off (from ambi = around + putare = to prune)
Definitions related to amputation:
  • Patient required surgical removal of limb, extremities or other external body parts.
    U.S. FDA Glossary
    U.S. Food & Drug Administration, 2021
  • Removal of a limb or other appendage or outgrowth of the body.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Surgery to remove part or all of a limb or appendage.
    NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (amputation, surgical) The surgical removal of part of, or all of, a limb or other appendage or outgrowth of the body.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • The surgical removal of a limb or other body part.
    Harvard Dictionary of Health Terms
    Harvard Medical Publishing, 2011
  • The surgical removal of all or part of a limb or other appendage.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Amputation, in medicine, removal of any part of the body. Commonly the term is restricted to mean surgical removal of a part of or an entire limb, either upper or lower extremity. The reasons for surgical amputation in general are injury, infection, tumour, diabetes, or insufficient blood supply....
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2025
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