| 单词 | amputee |
| 释义 | amputee (once / 32382 pages) n A person who's had an arm or a leg surgically removed is an amputee. Some amputees get artificial limbs that allow them to be nearly as mobile as before the loss of a limb. Some amputees lose a limb in an accident, while others have surgery to stop a disease, like gangrene, from spreading from an arm or leg to the rest of the body. The surgery to remove a limb is called an amputation, and it's also the word amputee comes from. An amputation was originally "a cutting off of tree branches," from the Latin amputare, "cut off, cut around, or prune." WORD FAMILYamputee: amputees USAGE EXAMPLESAfter lunch, the golf pros hit the Highland Oaks practice facility to get tips on how to work with amputees. Washington Times(Dec 15, 2016) Their studies ranged from infectious disease to amputee care to rehab issues, Gilman said in an interview. Washington Post(Dec 09, 2016) When Michalski finally woke from the coma, he was greeted with a new reality: life as an amputee. Washington Times(Dec 09, 2016) n someone who has had a limb removed by amputation Hyper unfortunate, unfortunate person a person who suffers misfortune |
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