Meanings
plural Ewing amputations
- medicineA 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.
Synonyms: Ewing procedure
- broadlysimilar amputations above the knee, and on the arms.
Synonyms: agonist-antagonist amputation, agonist-antagonist myoneural interface amputation, AMI amputation
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA 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.
nounsimilar amputations above the knee, and on the arms.
Origin
Ewing+amputation. Named after the first patient treated with this type of amputation, Jim Ewing.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
Ewing amputation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ewing%20amputation
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