amputee

am·pu·tee | \ ˌam-pyə-ˈtē

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Definition of amputee

: one that has had a limb amputated

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Recent Examples on the Web Fox News host Tucker Carlson questioned Senator Tammy Duckworth's patriotism, and the Iraq War veteran and double amputee has now responded. — Caitlin O'kane, CBS News, "Sen. Tammy Duckworth responds after Tucker Carlson suggests she hates America," 8 July 2020 All survived, but the fiery crash left Duckworth a double-amputee and, later, the recipient of a Purple Heart. — Stuart Emmrich, Vogue, "Tammy Duckworth Lost Both Her Legs in Iraq. But to Tucker Carlson, She Is ’Deeply Silly’ and ‘a Coward.’," 8 July 2020 Earlier this month a veteran who is a double amputee was sentenced to 25 years in prison for a shooting rampage in a Florida VA hospital emergency room in 2019, wounding several people. — Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Man with gun is shot and killed at Zablocki VA by officer," 6 July 2020 Another man, a double amputee, sued American Airlines in 2017, saying the airline called the police on him for hobbling down the aisle of an airplane and accused him of being intoxicated. — Dallas News, "Amputee says American Airlines crew told her to ‘scoot’ down airplane aisle to use bathroom," 16 June 2020 In Uganda, the Comprehensive Rehabilitations Services hospital worked with a consortium of Canadian organizations to trial 3D printing of prosthetic limbs for amputees. — Neha Wadekar, Quartz Africa, "Kenya’s 3D printing community is making Covid-19 equipment to fill a deficit as caseloads rise," 15 Apr. 2020 At the local hospital, amputees, orphans and widows waited outside the director’s office. — Brett Murphy, USA Today, "Reporting on a deadly airstrike in Afghanistan," 9 Jan. 2020 Will bionic limbs provide amputees with durable freedom of movement? — Adrienne Bernhard, Popular Mechanics, "How the Obscure Science of Rubbing Built the Past and Will Shape the Future," 7 Apr. 2020 Up until this point, researchers have succeeded in giving amputees control over robotic hands by measuring nerve activity in the residual limb. — Matt Simon, Wired, "A Deft Robotic Hand That’d Make Luke Skywalker Proud," 4 Mar. 2020

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14 Jul 2020

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“Amputee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amputee. Accessed 16 Jul. 2020.

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