reamputation

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ amputation.

Noun

reamputation (countable and uncountable, plural reamputations)

1. (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.