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amputee

[ am-pyoo-tee ]

noun

  1. a person who has lost all or part of an arm, hand, leg, etc., by amputation.


amputee

/ ˌæʊˈپː /

noun

  1. a person who has had a limb amputated
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of amputee1

1905–10; amputat(ed) ( def ) + -ee, modeled on French ܳé, past participle of amputer to amputate
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The idea has been shared with other organizations also working with new amputees.

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Monger broke the Ironman record for a double amputee at the World Championship in Kona, Hawaii, last October.

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The streets of Los Angeles — particularly Hollywood — are a backdrop not just for addicts, scammers, human traffickers and a cult that fetishizes amputees, but also for people in distress and the cops who help them.

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Anthony Mitchell Sr., an amputee who used a wheelchair, and his son Justin, who had cerebral palsy, waited in their Altadena home.

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His regulars included amputees, diabetics and drug addicts.

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