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Descriptor English: Amputees
Descriptor Spanish: Amputados
Descriptor amputados
Entry term(s) amputado
amputado múltiple
amputados múltiples
Scope note: Personas que han perdido parte o la totalidad de una extremidad u otro apéndice de su cuerpo.
Descriptor Portuguese: Amputados
Descriptor French: Amputés
Entry term(s): Amputee
Amputee, Multiple
Amputees, Multiple
Multiple Amputee
Multiple Amputees
Tree number(s): M01.150.100
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000674
Scope note: Persons who have lost part of, or all of, a limb or other appendage of their body.
Annotation: do not coord ARM (NIM) or LEG (NIM) unless specifically relevant
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
ED education
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
SN statistics & numerical data
DeCS ID: 689
Unique ID: D000674
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2022/04/08
Amputees - Preferred
Concept UI M0001036
Scope note Persons who have lost part of, or all of, a limb or other appendage of their body.
Preferred term Amputees
Entry term(s) Amputee
Multiple Amputees - Narrower
Concept UI M000752585
Preferred term Multiple Amputees
Entry term(s) Amputee, Multiple
Amputees, Multiple
Multiple Amputee



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