Converse of object

• amputate: We can measure his heart rhythms, take his blood pressure and even amputate a limb.

• sever: Not strictly true, we aren't going to send you a cardboard box of severed limbs.

• ache: To shuffle on with aching limbs Each burning step repeating " Who dares wins " !

• flail: He is little changed from his Roses days - combat trousers, Adidas trainers, concave cheeks, flailing simian limbs.

• dismember: There were people walking around with dismembered limbs and blood- covered faces.

• paralyze: Some people cannot see or have paralyzed limbs, yet maintain that they are not disabled in any way.

Adjective modifier

• prosthetic: They have physiotherapy, often have prosthetic limbs fitted & learn how to use them.

• hind: In fact, its strong hind limbs suggest it normally walked on two legs with its tail held aloft.

• artificial: Someone who has lost a leg just below the hip will be 80 % disabled, however well they manage with an artificial limb.

• phantom: Anecdotal evidence suggests that pain can be reduced by activity in the brain involved in imagined movement of the phantom limb.

• affected: Relief of ' rest pain ' at night is achieved by hanging the affected limb down over the side of the bed.

• upper: Each year 400,000 people suffer from upper limb or neck disorders.

Modifies a noun

• amputation: Several soldiers needed intensive care, with brain or spinal injuries or limb amputations, including at least eight of yesterday's arrivals.

• ischaemia: There were few complications reported related to limb ischaemia.

• deformity: Some congenital peripheral neuropathies ( those present at birth ) can cause limb deformities.

• salvage: The series had a limb salvage rate of 80 % , which was associated with a better quality of life than major amputation.

• amputee: There are about a dozen or so lower limb amputees so far established on osseointegration there, but itâs still early daysâ .

• disorder: Over 1 million people have back pain or upper limb disorders.

Noun used with modifier

• fore: Their fore limbs are short but strong with nimble fingers.

• maple: The young man looped the bridle over a low maple limb, and leaving the horse standing sauntered over to the bench.