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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.
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Word Origin & History
amputate
1630s, from L. amputatus, pp. of amputare "to cut off, to prune" (see amputation).
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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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