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pyʊˌteɪtverb (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
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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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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