Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: amputation
IPA transcription: [,æmpjət'eɪʃən]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: amputation
    Meaning: a surgical removal of all or part of a limb
  • Synonyms: amputation
    Meaning: a condition of disability resulting from the loss of one or more limbs
Usage examples
  • I cannot, therefore, dispose in any way of a man in my own person so as to mutilate him, to damage or kill him. (It belongs to ethics proper to define this principle more precisely, so as to avoid all misunderstanding, e. g., as to the amputation of the limbs in order to preserve myself, as to exposing my life to danger with a view to preserve it, etc.