amputated

Definitions

To have surgically removed a limb or digit from the body.

To have cut off or detached a part of something, especially a limb.

Examples

The surgeon had to have the patient's gangrenous toe amputated to prevent the infection from spreading.

After the severe accident, the doctors decided that his leg needed to be amputated to save his life.

Synonyms

severed cut off detached removed lopped cropped excised

Antonyms

attached connected joined restored reconnected united grafted