Definition of amputee
: one that has had a limb amputated
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Kensky and Downes are married survivors of the Boston Marathon bombing and amputees.
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The only other double amputee to have summited Everest was Mark Inglis from New Zealand in 2006 from the peak's Tibet side.
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Magar helped spearhead the legal action, and wants to be the first above-the-knee double amputee to scale Everest.
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The organization was founded by two experts in adaptive sports, Keri Serota and Dan Tun, and an above-the-knee amputee veteran Melissa Stockwell, who lost her leg in Iraq.
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MacLaren survived two near fatal accidents, leaving him at first an amputee and eight years later, a quadriplegic.
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In 2017, Jeff Glasbrenner, an American single amputee, summited in 2017.
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In the near future, the authors wrote, this approach could inspire wearable or other feedback systems that might allow amputees to guide and control their prosthetic limbs intuitively, restoring the luxury of unconscious movement.
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Duckworth, an Iraq war veteran and double-amputee, arrived in a wheelchair with Maile on her lap, voted no with a downturned thumb, and laughed.
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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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