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CHOPART'S AMPUTATION

\t͡ʃˈɒpɑːts ˌampjuːtˈe͡ɪʃən], \t‍ʃˈɒpɑːts ˌampjuːtˈe‍ɪʃən], \tʃ_ˈɒ_p_ɑː_t_s ˌa_m_p_j_uː_t_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\

Definitions of CHOPART'S AMPUTATION

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Removal of the foot at the mediotarsal articulation.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

See Chopart. [Lat.]
Disarticulation at the midtarsal joint, leaving only the astragalus and the calcaneum, with the soft parts of the sole to cover the stump.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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