amputeeism

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noun

The condition of being an amputee.

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Meanings

nounamputeeism (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe condition of being an amputee.

    Voluntary amputeeism or apotemnophilia — where the subject wishes to have a limb or appendage removed — might arguably fall within the category of radical body modification.

    2008, Belinda Bennett, Terry Carney, Isabel Karpin, Brave New World of Health, page 78

Origin

From amputee + -ism.

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APA

amputeeism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amputeeism

MLA

“amputeeism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amputeeism. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “amputeeism,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amputeeism.

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