Amputate
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Amputate
Amputate (/æm'pju:teit/) is a medical term that refers to the removal of a body extremity by trauma, medical illness, or surgery. As a surgical measure, it is used to control pain or a disease process in the affected limb, such as malignancy or gangrene.
Etymology
The word "amputate" is derived from the Latin amputare, "to cut away", from amb- (around) and putare (to prune).
Related Terms
- Amputation: The process or an instance of having a limb (an arm or a leg) or sometimes a part of the body such as a breast or a nose surgically removed.
- Prosthesis: An artificial body part that is used to replace a body part that is missing.
- Gangrene: A type of tissue death caused by a lack of blood supply.
- Malignancy: The presence of cancerous cells that have the ability to spread to other sites in the body or to invade nearby and destroy tissues.
See Also
- Limb (anatomy): An appendage of the human or animal body: a leg, arm, or wing.
- Surgery: A medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate or treat a pathological condition such as a disease or injury, to help improve bodily function or appearance or to repair unwanted ruptured areas.
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Amputate
- Wikipedia's article - Amputate
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