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Ectomy vs Amputation - What's the difference?

ectomy | amputation |

As nouns the difference between ectomy and amputation

is that ectomy is any operation involving surgical excision or removal while amputation is surgical removal of all or part of a limb, etc.

ectomy

English

Noun

(ectomies)
  • (medicine) Any operation involving surgical excision or removal.

    • See also

    * ostomy

    amputation

    English

    (wikipedia amputation)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • surgical removal of all or part of a limb, etc.
  • the loss of a limb, etc. through trauma

    • See also

    * acrotomophilia * apotemnophilia * apotemnophobia