AMPUTATE


Meaning of AMPUTATE in English

verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

leg

We are having to amputate the arms and legs of three, four and five year olds - without anaesthetic.

The doctors decided to amputate his leg .

Doctors were forced to amputate her right leg , but Jennifer died when a blood clot caused a pulmonary embolism.

For nearly a month, doctors debated amputating his ravaged legs .

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

He damaged his leg so badly that it had to be amputated.

Two toes had to be amputated because of frostbite.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Doctors were forced to amputate her right leg, but Jennifer died when a blood clot caused a pulmonary embolism.

Eventually, both of Larivee's legs were amputated.

Having an arm amputated is not the same as being born with an arm missing.

People in wheelchairs, people with arms amputated or whatever, you know.

Some are so tormented by the disorder they have demanded that limbs are amputated.

Still, there is a way that science has helped to amputate our understanding of the world as a sacred place.

The judge said, when gangrene sets in, the doctor has no choice but to amputate .

We are having to amputate the arms and legs of three, four and five year olds - without anaesthetic.

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