The story
Ewing+amputation. Named after the first patient treated with this type of amputation, Jim Ewing.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ewing amputation
Today it means: A type of below-the-knee amputation, which reconstructs agonist-antagonist myoneural interfaces that are left hanging unpaired in traditional amputations; to preserve normal nerve signaling between muscle and brain; reducing incidences of phantom limb syndrome. Full definition →