The surgical removal of a body part, an organ, or especially a tumor; the removal of an organ function; amputation.
The depletion of surface snow and ice from a spacecraft or meteorite through melting and evaporation caused by friction with the atmosphere.
The removal of a glacier by melting and evaporation; the lowering of a land surface by any of several means, as in wind erosion or mass wasting.
surgical removal of all or part of a limb, etc.
the loss of a limb, etc. through trauma