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Amputation

The act of amputating; esp. the operation of cutting off a limb or projecting part of the body.

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Disability 76% connected

State of being disabled; deprivation or want of ability; absence of competent physical, intellectual, or moral power, means, fitness, and the like.

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Disablement 76% connected

Deprivation of ability; incapacity.

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Handicap 76% connected

An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race to the competitor possessing inferior advantages; or an additiona…

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Impairment 76% connected

The state of being impaired; injury.

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Operation 76% connected

The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.

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Surgery 76% connected

The art of healing by manual operation; that branch of medical science which treats of manual operations for the healing of diseases or injuries of t…

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Amputate 74% connected

To prune or lop off, as branches or tendrils.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Amputate 74% connected

To prune or lop off, as branches or tendrils.

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