amputation [ˌæmpjəˈteʃən]

例句:

• He lived only hours after the amputation.
  截肢后，他只活了几个小时。
  
• In ancient India, adultery was punished by amputation of the nose.
  在古代印度, 通奸要受到剖鼻的处罚.
  
• Perhaps he was carrying a portable amputation kIt'similar to this.
  他有可能带着象这样的一个手术工具箱.
  
• Or, rather, the amputation in the crevasse.
  来自THETIMES
• His amputation means that he cannot work anymore.
  来自BBC
• So that is why it is called cross-amputation.
  来自VOA