Definition of amputee
: one that has had a limb amputated
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Oksana Masters is a double amputee, the result of birth defects likely caused by the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster.
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Lewis is currently learning how to walk with the help of prosthesis while raising money for continued care and other amputees.
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The camp is presented by the Dave Clark Foundation and will feature athlete and instructor Dave Stevens, a congenital amputee, who is a motivational speaker.
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But is that something amputees, who already deal with uncomfortable prosthetics, actually want?
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Xia Boyu, a 69 year-old double amputee from China, sitting in his hotel room in Kathmandu prior to his fifth attempt to summit Mount Everest, on April 4, 2018.
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Some of the 17 people who lost limbs in the April 15, 2013, bombing could, like many other amputees, benefit from these developments, since many are coming to a crossroads in their treatment.
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More than 50 instructors and presenters participated in a wide variety of sessions, including the one for amputees headed by Dan Nevins, a veteran who lost both legs below the knee and became a yoga instructor in 2015.
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Their work fits into a corpus of research on illusory body ownership, which has challenged understandings of perception and contributed to therapies like treating pain for amputees who experience phantom limb.
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First Known Use of amputee
1910
AMPUTEE Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of amputee for English Language Learners
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: a person who has had an arm or leg amputated
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