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pyʊˌteɪt verb (used with object), am·pu·tat·ed, am·pu·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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amputate (ˈæmpjʊˌteɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| surgery to remove (all or part of a limb, esp an arm or leg) | |
| [C17: from Latin amputāre, from am- around + putāre to trim, prune] | |
| ampu'tation | |
| —n | |
| 'amputator | |
| —n | |
| amputate (ˈæmpjʊˌteɪt) | |
| —vb | |
| surgery to remove (all or part of a limb, esp an arm or leg) | |
| [C17: from Latin amputāre, from am- around + putāre to trim, prune] | |
| ampu'tation | |
| —n | |
| 'amputator | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
amputation
1610s, "a cutting off of tree branches, a pruning," also "operation of cutting off a limb, etc., of a body," from L. amputationem (nom. amputatio), noun of action from amputatus, pp. of amputare "to cut off, to prune," from am(bi)- "about" + putare "to prune, trim" (see pave).
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American Heritage
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.
amputation am·pu·ta·tion (ām'py&oobreve;-tā'shən)
n.
Surgical removal of all or part of a limb, an organ, or projecting part or process of the body.
Traumatic or spontaneous loss of a limb, organ, or part.
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Example sentences
But the amputation of sociologic, psychological and cognitive considerations makes good policy impossible.
In fact, diabetes is the leading cause of non-traumatic lower-limb amputation.
From childhood he was afflicted with a tuberculous disease which finally necessitated the amputation of a foot.
It involved radiation for about six weeks, followed by an amputation.
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