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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a condition of disability resulting from the loss of one or more limbs;

2. a surgical removal of all or part of a limb; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Amputation \Am`pu*ta"tion\, n. [L. amputatio: cf. F.
   amputation.]
   The act of amputating; esp. the operation of cutting off a
   limb or projecting part of the body.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

amputation
    n 1: a condition of disability resulting from the loss of one or
         more limbs
    2: a surgical removal of all or part of a limb