amputee

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am·pu·tee

 (ăm′pyo͝o-tē′)
n.
A person who has had one or more limbs removed by amputation.
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amputee

(ˌæmpjʊˈtiː)
n
(Medicine) a person who has had a limb amputated
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am•pu•tee

(ˌæm pyʊˈti)

n.
a person who has lost all or part of an arm, hand, leg, etc., by amputation.
[1905–10]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.amputee - someone who has had a limb removed by amputationamputee - someone who has had a limb removed by amputation
unfortunate, unfortunate person - a person who suffers misfortune
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Translations
ακρωτηριασμένος

amputee

[ˌæmpjʊˈtiː] n → amputé(e) m/f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

amputee

n → Amputierte(r) mf
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

amputee

[æmpjʊˈtiː] n → mutilato/a (chi ha subito un'amputazione)
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

amputee

n amputado -da mf
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We showed exactly how vision and touch can be combined to trick the amputee's brain into feeling what it sees, inducing embodiment of the prosthetic hand with an additional effect that the phantom limb grows into the prosthetic one," explains Giulio Rognini of EPFL's Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroprosthetics led by Olaf Blanke, in a collaboration with Silvestro Micera of EPFL and Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Italy.
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