surgical removal of all or part of a limb, etc. / the loss of a limb, etc. through trauma

plural of amputation

Of or relating to amputation.

(obsolete) To cut off, to prune. [17th–18th c.] / To surgically remove a part of the body, especially a limb. [from 17th c.]

present participle of amputate

simple past tense and past participle of amputate

Having been removed or cut off.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of amputate

plural of amputator

The person who performs, or thing that causes, an amputation.