Home › Words › A › amputeeismamputeeismamputeeism means the condition of being an amputee.EtymologyFrom amputee + -ism.nounThe condition of being an amputee.e.g.“Voluntary amputeeism or apotemnophilia — where the subject wishes to have a limb or appendage removed — might arguably fall within the category of radical body modification.” — 2008, Belinda Bennett, Terry Carney, Isabel Karpin, Brave New World of Health, page 78:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.amputee 76% match — A person who has had one or more limbs removed. vs amputeeism →amputative 70% match — That involves amputation vs amputeeism →amputational 69% match — Of or relating to amputation. vs amputeeism →ampute 65% match — To amputate (a limb). vs amputeeism →amputated 64% match — Having been removed or cut off. vs amputeeism →apotemnophilia 63% match — A psychological disorder characterized by the intense and long-standing desire for amputation of a specific limb. vs amputeeism →apotemnophobia 63% match — A fear of amputation (afraid that one will lose appendages), fear of amputations (fear of amputations on others), fear of amputees (persons with amputations). vs amputeeism →amputation 61% match — surgical removal of all or part of a limb, etc. vs amputeeism →