Plural of amputation; instances of surgically removing limbs or body parts.
From Latin amputare + -tion (act or result of). The noun form standardized in medical and surgical contexts to describe the procedure and its outcome.
Diabetes is now the leading cause of non-traumatic amputations in developed countries, which is why prevention through blood sugar management is literally limb-saving—showing how lifestyle medicine connects to surgery.
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