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amputation

removal of a body extremity by trauma, prolonged constriction, or surgery
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amputation
J. H. Shepherd, Birmingham, Alabama · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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amputation

Summary

amputation is a disability[1]. amputation draws 1,772 Wikipedia views per month (disability category, ranking #4 of 7).[2]

Key Facts

  • amputation's instance of is recorded as disability[3].
  • amputation is a type of removal[4].
  • amputation is a type of accident[5].
  • amputation's Commons category is recorded as Amputations[6].
  • amputation is the opposite of replantation[7].
  • amputation's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Amputation[8].
  • amputation's facet of is recorded as total absence of body part[9].
  • amputation's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[10].
  • amputation's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'la', 'text': 'amputatio'}[11].

Body

Definition and Type

amputation's instance of is recorded as disability[3]. Recorded subclass of include removal[4] and accident[5]. amputation is the opposite of replantation[7].

Why It Matters

amputation draws 1,772 Wikipedia views per month (disability category, ranking #4 of 7).[2] amputation has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] amputation is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facet of → total absence of body part
    Local thumb → —
    Subclass of → removal, accident
    Instance of → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 843, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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