amputation

Borrowed from Middle French amputation, borrowed from Latin amputātiō (“pruning (of a tree)”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌæmpjʊˈteɪʃən/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌæmpjʊˈteɪʃən/, [ˌɛəmpjʊˈteɪʃən]

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌæmpjʊˈtæɪʃən/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˌɛmpjʊˈtæɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

amputation (countable and uncountable, plural amputations)

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

• acrotomophilia
• apotemnophilia
• apotemnophobia
• dismemberment

Borrowed from Latin amputātiōnem.

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.py.ta.sjɔ̃/

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• Rhymes: -ɔ̃
• Homophone: amputations

amputation f (plural amputations)

1. amputation

• amputer

• → Romanian: amputație
• → Turkish: ampütasyon

• “amputation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.