Named Groups

Amputees

Persons who have lost part of, or all of, a limb or other appendage of their body.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Persons who have lost part of, or all of, a limb or other appendage of their body.

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Synonyms

5 entry terms
  • Amputee
  • Multiple Amputee
  • Multiple Amputees
  • Amputee, Multiple
  • Amputees, Multiple

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Aspects Covered

7 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, education, history, legislation & jurisprudence, psychology, rehabilitation, statistics & numerical data.

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Indexing Annotation

do not coord ARM (NIM) or LEG (NIM) unless specifically relevant

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Number

  1. M01w.150w.100

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Amputees. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000674. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000674
  2. Amputees. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57951251