am·pu·tate ( m py -t t )tr.v. am·pu·tat·ed, am·pu·tat·ing, am·pu·tates To cut off (a projecting body part), especially by surgery. [Latin amput re, amputt-, to cut around : am-, ambi-, around; see ambi- + putre, to cut; see pau-2 in Indo-European roots.]am pu·tation n.am pu·tator n. |
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| Noun | 1. |  amputation - a condition of disability resulting from the loss of one or more limbsdisability, disablement, handicap, impairment - the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness; "reading disability"; "hearing impairment" |
| 2. |  amputation - a surgical removal of all or part of a limbsurgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process, surgery, operation - a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery" |
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