reamputation

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English

Etymology

re- +‎ amputation

Noun

reamputation (countable and uncountable, plural reamputations)

(surgery) A second amputation performed upon the same body part.

Related terms

reamputate

References

“reamputation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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