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ampullar |
ampullary |
ampullate |
ampullated |
ampulliform |
amputate
| amputation
| amputator
| amputee
| ampyx
| amrinone
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amputate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb amputate has 1 sense
- amputate(v = verb.contact) cut off - remove surgically; "amputate limbs" is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw
Derived forms noun amputation2, noun amputation1, noun amputator1
Sample sentence:
Did he amputate his foot?
CIDE DICTIONARY
amputate, v. t. [L. amputatus, p. p. of amputare: amb- + putare to prune, putus clean, akin to E. pure. See Putative.].
- To prune or lop off, as branches or tendrils. [1913 Webster]
- To cut off (a limb or projecting part of the body) Wiseman. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
amputate, v.tr. cut off by surgical operation (a part of the body, esp. a limb), usu. because of injury or disease.
Derivative
amputation n. amputator n.
Etymology
L amputare f. amb- about + putare prune
THESAURUS
amputate
abscind, annihilate, ax, ban, bar, bisect, bob, butcher, carve, chop, cleave, clip, crop, cull, cut, cut away, cut in two, cut off, cut out, dichotomize, dissever, dock, eliminate, enucleate, eradicate, except, excise, exclude, extinguish, extirpate, fissure, gash, hack, halve, hew, incise, isolate, jigsaw, knock off, lance, lop, mutilate, nip, pare, peel, pick out, prune, rend, rive, root out, rule out, saw, scissor, set apart, set aside, sever, shave, shear, slash, slice, slit, snip, split, stamp out, strike off, strip, strip off, sunder, take off, take out, tear, truncate, whittle, wipe outROGET THESAURUS
amputate
Subtraction
VB subduct, subtract, deduct, deduce, bate, retrench, remove, withdraw, take from, take away, detract, garble, mutilate, amputate, detruncate, cut off, cut away, cut out, abscind, excise, pare, thin, prune, decimate, abrade, scrape, file, geld, castrate, eliminate, diminish, curtail, deprive of, weaken.
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