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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun amputation has 2 senses

• amputation(n = noun.state) - a condition of disability resulting from the loss of one or more limbs;
is a kind of disability, disablement, handicap, impairment
Derived form verb amputate₁

• amputation(n = noun.act) - a surgical removal of all or part of a limb;
is a kind of operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process
Derived form verb amputate₁

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THESAURUS

amputation

abscission, anastomotic operation, annihilation, bloodless operation, butchering, capital operation, chopping, cleavage, compensating operation, corneal transplant, crescent operation, cutting, destruction, dichotomy, elective operation, elimination, emergency operation, enucleation, eradication, excision, exclusion, exploratory operation, extinction, extirpation, fenestration operation, fission, heart transplant, interval operation, kidney transplant, laceration, major operation, minor operation, mutilation, operation, organ transplant, organ transplantation, palliative operation, radical operation, removal, rending, rescission, resection, ripping, scission, section, severance, slashing, slicing, splitting, surgery, surgical intervention, surgical operation, surgical technique, tearing, the knife, transplant

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Subtraction

N nonaddition, subtraction, subtraction, subduction, deduction, retrenchment, removal, withdrawal, ablation, sublation, abstraction, garbling mutilation, detruncation, amputation, abscission, excision, recision, curtailment, minuend, subtrahend, decrease, abrasion, subtracted, subtractive, in deduction, less, short of, minus, without, except, except for, excepting, with the exception of, barring, save, exclusive of, save and except, with a reservation, not counting, if one doesn't count.

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