Autoamputation

Autoamputation is the spontaneous detachment (amputation) of an appendage from the body.^[1] This is not to be confused with self-amputation.

Notes

1. ^ "Dorland's Medical Dictionary for Health Consumers". Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier. 2007. http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/autoamputation. Retrieved 23 December 2009.