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In medicine, removal of a limb or other appendage or outgrowth of the body; usually a controlled operating room procedure but sometimes a heroic field procedure to free a victim from entrapment; term used figuratively to refer to breaking all ties to a subordinate.<noinclude>{{DefMeSH}}</noinclude> | |||
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Amputation [r]:
In medicine, removal of a limb or other appendage or outgrowth of the body; usually a controlled operating room procedure but sometimes a heroic field procedure to free a victim from entrapment; term used figuratively to refer to breaking all ties to a subordinate.
This definition is at least in part based on: Anonymous (2024), Amputation (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.