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AMPUTEE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does amputee mean?
• AMPUTEE (noun)
The noun AMPUTEE has 1 sense:
1. someone who has had a limb removed by amputation
Familiarity information: AMPUTEE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who has had a limb removed by amputation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("amputee" is a kind of...):
unfortunate; unfortunate person (a person who suffers misfortune)
Context examples
Many amputees use an artificial limb.
(Limb Loss, NIH)
Some amputees have phantom pain, which is the feeling of pain in the missing limb.
(Limb Loss, NIH)
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