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Amputator

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am·pu·tate  (mpy-tt)
tr.v. am·pu·tat·ed, am·pu·tat·ing, am·pu·tates
To cut off (a projecting body part), especially by surgery.
[Latin amputre, amputt-, to cut around : am-, ambi-, around; see ambi- + putre, to cut; see pau-2 in Indo-European roots.]
ampu·tation n.
ampu·tator n.
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Noun1.amputator - a surgeon who removes part or all of a limb
operating surgeon, sawbones, surgeon - a physician who specializes in surgery


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