(~s, amputating, ~d)
To ~ someone’s arm or leg means to cut all or part of it off in an operation because it is diseased or badly damaged.
To save his life, doctors ~d his legs...
He had to have one leg ~d above the knee.
VERB: V n, have n V-ed
amputation (amputations)
He lived only hours after the amputation.
N-VAR