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am·pu·tate
(ăm′pyo͝o-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- in Indo-European roots.]
am′pu·ta′tion n.
am′pu·ta′tor n.
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amputate
(ˈæmpjʊˌteɪt)vb
(Surgery) surgery to remove (all or part of a limb, esp an arm or leg)
[C17: from Latin amputāre, from am- around + putāre to trim, prune]
ˌampuˈtation n
ˈampuˌtator n
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am•pu•tate
(ˈæm pyʊˌteɪt)v.t. -tat•ed, -tat•ing.
to cut off (all or part of a limb or digit of the body), as by surgery.
[1630–40; < Latin amputātus, past participle of amputāre to cut off, prune =am(bi)- ambi- + putāre to clean, prune (compare putative)]
am`pu•ta′tion, n.
am′pu•ta`tor, n.
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amputate
- Comes from Latin ambi, "around," and putare, "to prune, trim."See also related terms for prune.
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amputate
Past participle: amputated
Gerund: amputating
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| Verb | 1. |  amputate - remove surgically; "amputate limbs"practice of medicine, medicine - the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard" remove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" slough off - separate from surrounding living tissue, as in an abortion |
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amputate
verb cut off, remove, separate, sever, curtail, truncate, lop off To save his life, doctors amputated his legs.
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Translations
يَبْتُر
amputovat
amputere
amputoida
amputirati
amputál
aflima
amputacijaamputuotinupjauti
amputēt
amputovať
kesip atmak
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
amputate
[ˈæmpjʊteɪt] vt [+ limb, hand, tail] → amputerto have sth amputated → se faire amputer de qch
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amputate
vti → amputieren
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amputate
(ˈӕmpjuteit) verb (of a surgeon etc) to cut off (an arm or leg etc). They are going to have to amputate (his left leg).
ˌampuˈtation nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
amputate
vt. amputar, desmembrar.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
amputate
vt amputarEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.