Associations to the word «Amputation»

Wiktionary

AMPUTATION, noun. Surgical removal of all or part of a limb, etc.
AMPUTATION, noun. The loss of a limb, etc. through trauma

Dictionary definition

AMPUTATION, noun. A condition of disability resulting from the loss of one or more limbs.
AMPUTATION, noun. A surgical removal of all or part of a limb.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats