What does "amputation" mean?

surgical removal of all or part of a limb, etc.

How do you pronounce "amputation"?

Pronounced //ˌæmpjʊˈteɪʃən//.

Common synonyms include: abscission, amputating, anastomotic operation, annihilation, bloodless operation, butchering.

/ˌæmpjʊˈteɪʃən/ noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Noun

1
surgical removal of all or part of a limb, etc. countable, uncountable
2
a surgical removal of all or part of a limb wordnet
3
the loss of a limb, etc. through trauma countable, uncountable
4
a condition of disability resulting from the loss of one or more limbs wordnet

"Have you considered amputation?"

Borrowed from Middle French amputation, borrowed from Latin amputātiō (“pruning (of a tree)”).