Amputation

Yankewa shine cire wata gaɓa ta rauni, rashin lafiya, ko tiyata. A matsayin ma'auni na tiyata, ana amfani da shi don sarrafa ciwo ko tsarin cututtuka a cikin abin da ya shafa, irin su malignancy ko gangrene. A wasu lokuta, ana yin shi a kan daidaikun mutane a matsayin tiyata na rigakafi don irin waɗannan matsalolin. Wani lamari na musamman shi ne na yanke jiki na haihuwa, cuta ta haihuwa, inda aka yanke gaɓoɓin tayi ta hanyar maƙarƙashiya. A wasu ƙasashe, a halin yanzu ana amfani da yanke yanke don hukunta mutanen da suka aikata laifuka.https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/11/world/middleeast/11iran.html

An kuma yi amfani da yanke yanke a matsayin dabara wajen yaki da ayyukan ta'addanci; yana iya faruwa a matsayin rauni na yaki. A wasu al'adu da addinan, ƙananan yanke ko yankewa ana ɗaukarsu a matsayin cim ma na al'ada. Idan mutum ya yi shi, mai yanke yankan shine mai yankewa.

Tsohuwar shaidar wannan al'ada ta fito ne daga wani kwarangwal da aka gano a binne a kogon Liang Tebo, Gabashin Kalimantan, na Borneo na Indonesiya tun a kalla shekaru 31,000 da suka gabata, inda aka yi shi a lokacin da wanda aka yanke yana karami

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