[am-pyoo-teyt] 
| 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. |
| 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. |
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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