Noun1. amputee- someone who has had a limb removed by amputation unfortunate,unfortunate person- a person who suffers misfortune Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc. Translations
Twitter Google Share on Facebook amputee (redirected fromAmputees) Dictionary Thesaurus Encyclopedia Related to Amputees:Phantom Pain am·pu·tee (am'pyū-tē'), A person with one or more limbs either partially or entirely amputated. Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012 ...
Seaforde man Rob Maxwell, a former member of the Royal Irish Regiment, swam the two miles from Co Down's Cranfield beach to Haulbowline lighthouse at the entrance of Carlingford Lough and back, last weekend, to raise funds for ABF The Soldiers' Charity.The 44-year-old, who lost his ...
Juan Dominguez lost his both his legs and his right arm after stepping on improvised explosive device while serving as a Marine Corporal in Afghanistan in 2010. But that didn't stop him from finding true love a few months later, when he met his now-wife Alexis after returning to the State...
“That keeps me fit, and I do not have to do any specific training other than walking as much as possible with my crutches and without my prosthetic leg for the weeks just before the challenge to increase my arm strength. “Usually I do the whole tower climb on crutches, ...
Single-leg amputees (either above or below the knee) play without prosthesis on aluminum wrist crutches (field players). Goalkeepers must be single-arm amputees [2]. AF is still developing and has become a point of interest for many researchers since it is a non-Paralympic sport discipline ...
High-tech Prosthetics Help Negaunee Man Get Back to Life Written by Otto Bock 2009年12月30日 6:55:30 A devastating diagnosis of bone cancer meant a less than happy beginning to 2009 for 52-year old Karl Wideman of Negaunee. “I was told in February that I had osteosarcoma which is ...
Leo is a charismatic and chatty extrovert, but when it comes to existential questions about the art of falling down and getting up, he is a man of few words. “I know now that my purpose in life is some kind of inspiration,” he says. “I’m working on it.” ...
Signals conveying sensations such as touch and pain arrive in the foremost part of the parietal lobe at the so- matosensory cortex, or the sen- sory homunculus, a Latin term meaning “little man.” Here the signals coalesce to form a per- son’s body image: nerve cells represent sensory...