- spontaneous amputation
- loss of a part without surgical intervention, as in leprosy, diabetes mellitus, or Buerger disease.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
spontaneous amputation
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ainhum — n. (Medicine) disease common in black adult males in Africa in which a tight and fibrous band develops around the base of a toe or sometimes a finger and eventually causes its spontaneous amputation … English contemporary dictionary
ainhum — n. loss of one or more toes due to slow growth of a fibrous band around the toe that eventually causes a spontaneous amputation. The condition is found in Black Africans and is associated with going barefoot … The new mediacal dictionary
