amputate

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am⋅pu⋅tate

[am-pyoo-teyt]

–verb (used with object), -tat⋅ed, -tat⋅ing.

1.	to cut off (all or part of a limb or digit of the body), as by surgery.

2.	to prune, lop off, or remove: Because of space limitations the editor amputated the last two paragraphs of the news report.

3.	Obsolete. to prune, as branches of trees.

Origin:
1630–40; < L amputātus pruned, trimmed (ptp. of amputāre), equiv. to am(bi) around (cf. ambi- ) + put- trim + -ātus -ate ¹

Related forms:

am⋅pu⋅ta⋅tion, noun

am⋅pu⋅ta⋅tive, adjective

am⋅pu⋅ta⋅tor, noun

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am·pu·tate (ām'pyŏŏ-tāt')

tr.v. am·pu·tat·ed, am·pu·tat·ing, am·pu·tates
To cut off (a projecting body part), especially by surgery.

[Latin amputāre, amputāt-, to cut around : am-, ambi-, around; see ambi- + putāre, to cut; see pau-² in Indo-European roots.]
am'pu·ta'tion n., am'pu·ta'tor n.

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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: am·pu·tate
Pronunciation: 'am-py&-"tAt
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -tat·ed; -tat·ing
: to cut (as a limb) from the body —am·pu·ta·tion /"am-py&-'tA-sh&n/ noun

Medical Dictionary

amputate am·pu·tate (ām'py&oobreve;-tāt')
v. am·pu·tat·ed, am·pu·tat·ing, am·pu·tates
To cut off a part of the body, especially by surgery.

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