amputee

noun/ˌæmpjʊˈtiː/

Frequency rank: #16,773 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

a person who has had a limb surgically removed

Illustration for the English word “amputee”

Example sentence

After the accident, the doctors helped the amputee learn to walk again with a prosthetic leg.

Synonyms & related words

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