Used in a Sentence

amputated

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for amputated.

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The old man needs to have his leg amputated, and the family agreed to do it on live TV.

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Quick take

Having been removed or cut off.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of amputated gathered in one view.

adjective

Having been removed or cut off.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for amputated.

adjective

Having been removed or cut off.

Example sentences

1

The old man needs to have his leg amputated, and the family agreed to do it on live TV.

2

Someone once said to me that he feels amputated without a bike, which really hits the nail on the head.

3

We want diabetics to come in for periodic foot exams so they don't have to get their feet amputated later.

4

Because it sounds like you're saying that, for example, someone with both legs amputated is somehow less human than non-amputees.

5

The firemen have to cut the crash test dummies out, leaving their amputated legs behind.

6

Uninsured ER treatment is great when you want to get your gangrened limbs amputated.

7

Presumably I wouldn't get my leg amputated for a gender reassignment surgery, but maybe my third leg...

8

Bariatric patients (morbidly obese people getting their stomach essentially amputated, see Roux-en-Y) are generally told to fast for 24 hours prior to surgery.

9

I can count with an amputated hand the number of times I had to save a website.

10

After the Haitian earthquake many people had limbs amputated without pain medication.

11

When someone has a leg amputated there is a period where they are rehabilitating and having prosthetics fitted, but then they can return to work.

12

People whose limbs have been amputated, generally report of phantom limbs.

Quote examples

1

Project Wonderland -> now limping around as "Open Wonderland" after Oracle forcibly amputated its leg.

2

Potential Downsides of the "Magic putty that fixes compound fractures in days rather than months, and stops you needing to have your limbs amputated".

3

Having an arm amputated in a car accident is "harm", it's "bad".

4

In the film "Manda Bala", there's a scene where a team of surgeons, led by the world expert in this particular procedure, insert a scrap of reshaped intercostal cartilage under a patient's scalp to reconstruct an amputated ear.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use amputated in a sentence?

The old man needs to have his leg amputated, and the family agreed to do it on live TV.

What does amputated mean?

Having been removed or cut off.

What part of speech is amputated?

amputated is commonly used as adjective.