1. The cutting off of a limb or part of a limb, the breast, or other projecting part. Syn: congenital amputation.
2. In dentistry, removal of the root of a tooth, or of the pulp, or of a nerve root or ganglion; a modifying adjective is therefore used (pulp amputation; root amputation).
Origin
[L. amputatio, fr. am-puto, pp. -atus, to cut around, prune]
A-E amputation
A-K amputation
Alanson’s amputation
amniotic amputation
aperiosteal amputation
B-E amputation
Bier’s amputation
birth amputation
B-K amputation
bloodless amputation
Callander’s amputation
Carden’s amputation
central amputation
cervical amputation
Chopart’s amputation
cinematic amputation
cineplastic amputation
circular amputation
congenital amputation
consecutive amputation
amputation in continuity
double flap amputation
dry amputation
Dupuytren’s amputation
eccentric amputation
elliptical amputation
excentric amputation
Farabeuf’s amputation
flap amputation
flapless amputation
forequarter amputation
Gritti-Stokes amputation
guillotine amputation
Guyon’s amputation
Hancock’s amputation
Hey’s amputation
hindquarter amputation
immediate amputation
interilioabdominal amputation
intermediate amputation
interpelviabdominal amputation
interscapulothoracic amputation
intrapyretic amputation
intrauterine amputation
Jaboulay’s amputation
kineplastic amputation
Kirk’s amputation
Krukenberg’s amputation
Larrey’s amputation
Le Fort’s amputation
linear amputation
Lisfranc’s amputation
Mackenzie’s amputation
major amputation
Malgaigne’s amputation
mediotarsal amputation
Mikulicz-Vladimiroff amputation
minor amputation
multiple amputation
musculocutaneous amputation
oblique amputation
osteoplastic amputation
oval amputation
pathologic amputation
periosteoplastic amputation
Pirogoff’s amputation
primary amputation
pulp amputation
quadruple amputation
racket amputation
rectangular amputation
root amputation
secondary amputation
spontaneous amputation
Stokes amputation
subastragalar amputation
subperiosteal amputation
Syme’s amputation
tarsotibial amputation
Teale’s amputation
tertiary amputation
amputation by transfixion
transverse amputation
traumatic amputation
Tripier’s amputation
Vladimiroff-Mikulicz amputation