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Hopper Lou-Emmanuelle Leclercq VIEW PROFILE Traditional prosthetics for amputees are clunky and almost discourage activity, let alone the playing of sports.
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Alan Schwarz, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Ukraine’s exclusive and expensive golf clubs have opened to war amputees, who play free of charge.
—Brendan Hoffman, New York Times, 25 July 2025
This kind of intuitive, natural movement is a game-changer for above-the-knee amputees.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2025
Designed by Sir Robert Smirke (the architect behind London’s British Museum), the manor became a hospital for amputees during World War I and eventually transitioned into a hotel in 2004.
—Rachel Gallaher, Robb Report, 20 July 2025
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Alan Schwarz, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Ukraine’s exclusive and expensive golf clubs have opened to war amputees, who play free of charge.
—Brendan Hoffman, New York Times, 25 July 2025
This kind of intuitive, natural movement is a game-changer for above-the-knee amputees.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2025
Designed by Sir Robert Smirke (the architect behind London’s British Museum), the manor became a hospital for amputees during World War I and eventually transitioned into a hotel in 2004.
—Rachel Gallaher, Robb Report, 20 July 2025
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“Amputee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amputee. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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amputee
noun
am·pu·tee
ˌam-pyə-ˈtē 
: one that has had an arm or leg amputated
Medical Definition
amputee
noun
am·pu·tee
ˌam-pyə-ˈtē
: one that has had a limb amputated
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