Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun amputation

2 senses of amputation

Sense 1
amputation -- (a condition of disability resulting from the loss of one or more limbs)
       => disability, disablement, handicap, impairment -- (the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness; "reading disability"; "hearing impairment")

Sense 2
amputation -- (a surgical removal of all or part of a limb)
       => operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process -- (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery")