amputee
(æmpjuːˈtiː)
[f. amputate v. + -ee1.]
One who has lost a limb or other part of the body by amputation.
| 1910 St. Barts. Hosp. Jrnl. XVII. 90/1 Please put the patient both to bed, and then, perhaps, we'll see Which is the amputated part and which the amputee. 1939 Lancet 14 Oct. 837/2 In place of endless gadgets we now have a few standard ‘set ups’ round which limbs to suit any particular amputee can be constructed. 1945 N.Y. Times 28 Sept. 23/6 A permanent lodge where vacationing members of the Bilateral Leg Amputee Club of America may spend their vacations. 1958 Oxford Mail 11 Feb. 3/2 Loose lino. chairs and rugs were all snares for the unwary amputee. |