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verb (used with object), ex·tir·pat·ed, ex·tir·pat·ing.
1.
to remove or destroy totally; do away with; exterminate.
2.
to pull up by or as if by the roots; root up: to extirpate an unwanted hair.
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Word Origin & History
extirpation
1520s, from L. extirpationem, from extirpare "root out," from ex- "out" + stirps (gen. stirpis) "a root, stock of a tree."
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Medical Dictionary
extirpation ex·tir·pa·tion (ěk'stər-pā'shən)
n.
The surgical removal of an organ, a part of an organ, or a diseased tissue.
ex'tir·pate' v.
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