| IC | 1/2/3 intermediate care 1/2/3 |
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| ICCU | intensive coronary care unit; intermediate coronary care unit |
| ICF | immunodeficiency-centromeric instability-facial anomalies [syndrome]; indirect centrifugal flotation... |
| ICF-MR | intermediate-care facility for the mentally retarded |
| ICU | infant care unit; immunologic contact urticaria; intensive care unit; intermediate care unit |
| amputation, traumatic | Loss of a limb or other bodily appendage by accidental injury. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| aperiosteal amputation | Amputation with removal of periosteum from bone at the site of amputation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| B-E amputation | Acronym for below-the-elbow amputation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bier's amputation | Osteoplastic amputation of tibia and fibula. (05 Mar 2000) |
| birth 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) |
| B-K amputation | Acronym for below-the-knee amputation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bloodless amputation | Amputation in which, by means of a tourniquet, the escape of blood from the cut surfaces is slight. Synonym: dry amputation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Callander's amputation | Tenontoplastic amputation through the femur at the knee. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Carden's amputation | Transcondylar amputation of the leg, the femur is sawed through the condyles just above the articular surface. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Mackenzie's amputation | A modification of Syme's amputation at the ankle joint, the flap being taken from the inner side. (05 Mar 2000) |
| racket amputation | A circular or slightly oval amputation, in which a long incision is made in the axis of the limb. (05 Mar 2000) |
| major amputation | Amputation of the lower or upper extremity above the ankle or the wrist, respectively. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Malgaigne's amputation | Amputation of the foot in which only the astragalus is retained. Synonym: Malgaigne's amputation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rectangular amputation | Amputation in which the flaps are fashioned in the shape of a rectangle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pathologic amputation | Amputation necessitated by cancer or other disease of the limb and not by an injury. (05 Mar 2000) |