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amputation
📅 Updated:2023-09-05
🕒 Created:2015-07-18
🆔 ID:8148
Description
Amputation is the removal of a limb 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. In some cases, it is carried out on individuals as a preventative surgery for such problems.
See Also
- amputee - A character that has gone through an amputation. It should not be used during the process.
- detachable - A character that can remove a body part and reattach it.
- missing - The missing prefix is used for characters with amputated limbs or appendages.
- severed - The severed prefix is used for the amputated body parts if they are visible.
- quadruple_amputee
- portal_amputation - harmless procedure done with portals
- limb_regression
- dismemberment
- castration
- mastectomy
- docked_tail
- decapitation
