| LEA | lower extremity amputation |
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| NAF | nafcillin; National Amputation Foundation; National Ataxia Foundation; net acid flux |
| TMA | tetramethylammonium; thrombotic microangiopathy; thyroid microsomal antibody; transcortical mixed ap... |
Larcher's sign
| immediate amputation | Amputation necessitated by irreparable injury to the limb, performed within twelve hours after the injury. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| quadruple amputation | Amputation of both arms and both legs. (05 Mar 2000) |
| interilioabdominal amputation | Amputation of a lower limb through the sacroiliac joint. (12 Dec 1998) |
| intermediate amputation | An amputation formerly performed during the period between trauma or incipient gangrene and suppuration. Synonym: intrapyretic amputation, primary amputation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| interpelviabdominal amputation | Amputation of a lower limb through the sacroiliac joint. (12 Dec 1998) |
| interscapulothoracic amputation | Amputation of the arm with removal of the scapula and a portion of the clavicle. Synonym: interscapulothoracic amputation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intrapyretic amputation | An amputation formerly performed during the period between trauma or incipient gangrene and suppuration. Synonym: intrapyretic amputation, primary amputation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intrauterine amputation | Amputation produced in utero; attributed to the pressure of constricting bands (amniotic); autosomal recessive inheritance. Synonym: amniotic amputation, amputation, birth amputation, intrauterine amputation, spontaneous amputation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oblique amputation | Amputation in which the line of section through an extremity is at other than a right angle; this yields an oval appearance to the cut surface (hence sometimes, though rarely, referred to as an oval amputation). (05 Mar 2000) |
| osteoplastic amputation | An amputation, e.g., through the tarsus, in which the cut surface of another bone is brought in apposition with the one primarily divided so that the two unite, thus giving a better stump. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oval amputation | Amputation in which the flaps are obained by oval incisions through the skin and muscle, rarely used term for oblique amputation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tarsotibial amputation | Amputation through the ankle joint. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Teale's amputation | Amputation of the forearm in its lower half, or of the thigh, with a long posterior rectangular flap and a short anterior one, amputation of the leg, with a long anterior rectangular flap and a short posterior one. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tertiary amputation | An amputation formerly performed after infection had been controlled. (05 Mar 2000) |
| eccentric amputation | Amputation with the scar of the stump off-centre. Synonym: excentric amputation. (05 Mar 2000) |