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amputee
- Published: 11 Mar 2013 at 07.18
- Online news: Vocabulary
a person who has had an arm or a leg amputated (cut off) ผู้ที่ถูกตัดแขนหรือขา
The 26-year-old, a national icon who made history when he became the first double-amputee to compete in the Olympics last year.
Her electoral victory placed her among a handful of Asian Americans elected to Congress – the first congresswomen born in Thailand and the first double amputee.
Ms Prateep recalls one of the Klong Toey residents, amputee Mr Winnai, approaching the fund-raising team in his wheelchair to pledge his donation.
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