Examples of amputee in a Sentence
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For the rest of their lives, these amputees will need answers regarding their medical history.
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Seyward Darby, Longreads, 23 Mar. 2024
Friends of Mullins continue to send out calls for help as Mullins learns how to live life as a quadruple amputee.
—Emilee Coblentz, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2024
The challenge arises when someone who’s an amputee or uses a wheelchair is seen as less likely to withstand or benefit from treatment.
—Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 13 Dec. 2023
Last month, Byrd took the field as an East Carolina University Pirate, becoming the first ever amputee to play in a Division I baseball game.
—Stephanie Gallman Jordan, Southern Living, 7 Mar. 2024
In the United States alone, over 41,000 people are upper-arm amputees, navigating life without the use of one or both hands.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
The sessions for the amputee footballers normally run for two hours.
—Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN, 14 Feb. 2024
Suddenly, an amputee could walk at different speeds.
—Jothy Rosenberg, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
One forearm amputee, for instance, could perfectly discriminate between cold objects, room-temperature objects, and hot objects.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 Feb. 2024
Seyward Darby, Longreads, 23 Mar. 2024
Friends of Mullins continue to send out calls for help as Mullins learns how to live life as a quadruple amputee.
—Emilee Coblentz, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2024
The challenge arises when someone who’s an amputee or uses a wheelchair is seen as less likely to withstand or benefit from treatment.
—Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 13 Dec. 2023
Last month, Byrd took the field as an East Carolina University Pirate, becoming the first ever amputee to play in a Division I baseball game.
—Stephanie Gallman Jordan, Southern Living, 7 Mar. 2024
In the United States alone, over 41,000 people are upper-arm amputees, navigating life without the use of one or both hands.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
The sessions for the amputee footballers normally run for two hours.
—Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN, 14 Feb. 2024
Suddenly, an amputee could walk at different speeds.
—Jothy Rosenberg, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
One forearm amputee, for instance, could perfectly discriminate between cold objects, room-temperature objects, and hot objects.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 Feb. 2024
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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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