Ewing amputation (English, noun)
expansion: Ewing amputation (plural Ewing amputations)
Senses:
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: 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.
glosses: similar amputations above the knee, and on the arms.
tags: broadly
Forms:
form: Ewing amputations
tags: plural