AMPUTATE


Meaning of AMPUTATE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈam-pyə-ˌtāt ]

transitive verb

( -tat·ed ; -tat·ing )

Etymology: Latin amputatus, past participle of amputare, from am-, amb- around + putare to cut, prune — more at ambi-

Date: 1612

: to remove by or as if by cutting ; especially : to cut (as a limb) from the body

• am·pu·ta·tion ˌam-pyə-ˈtā-shən noun

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