amputation (redirected from racket amputation)

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.

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[Latin amputre, amputt-, to cut around : am-, ambi-, around; see ambi- + putre, to cut; see pau-² in Indo-European roots.]

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ampu·tation n.

ampu·tator n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	amputation - a condition of disability resulting from the loss of one or more limbs disability, 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 limb surgical 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"

Translations

amputation [æmpjuˈteɪʃən] amputate n → Amputation f