"Ewing amputation" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Ewing amputations [plural]
Etymology: Ewing+amputation. Named after the first patient treated with this type of amputation, Jim Ewing. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Ewing amputation (plural Ewing amputations)
  1. (surgery) A type of below-the-knee amputation, which reconstructs agonist-antagonist myoneural interfaces that are left hanging unpaired in traditional amputations; to preserve normal nerve signaling between muscle and brain; reducing incidences of phantom limb syndrome. Synonyms: Ewing procedure Hypernyms (below-the-knee amputation type): agonist-antagonist amputation, agonist-antagonist myoneural interface amputation, AMI amputation, amputation, below-the-knee amputation, leg amputation, limb amputation Coordinate_terms: agonist-antagonist myoneural interface, AMI
    Sense id: en-Ewing_amputation-en-noun-d~YeLHqE Categories (other): Surgery, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Amputation Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 64 36 Disambiguation of Amputation: 69 31 Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery Disambiguation of 'below-the-knee amputation type': 83 17
  2. (by extension) similar amputations above the knee, and on the arms. Tags: broadly Synonyms (all similar amputations): agonist-antagonist amputation, agonist-antagonist myoneural interface amputation, AMI amputation Hyponyms (all similar amputations): Ewing procedure (english: type of below-the-knee amputation)
    Sense id: en-Ewing_amputation-en-noun-9gbmRByU Disambiguation of 'all similar amputations': 28 72 Disambiguation of 'all similar amputations': 28 72

Inflected forms

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