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Definition of Amputate
1. Verb. Remove surgically. "Did he amputate his foot? "; "Amputate limbs"
Category relationships: Medicine, Practice Of Medicine
Generic synonyms: Remove, Take, Take Away, Withdraw
Specialized synonyms: Slough Off
Entails: Cut
Derivative terms: Amputation, Amputation, Amputator
Definition of Amputate
1. v. t. To prune or lop off, as branches or tendrils.
Definition of Amputate
1. Verb. To surgically remove a part of the body, especially a limb ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Amputate
1. to cut off by surgical means [v -TATED, -TATING, -TATES]
Medical Definition of Amputate
1.
1. To prune or lop off, as branches or tendrils.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Amputate
Literary usage of Amputate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Lancet-clinic by Mississippi Valley Medical Association, Ohio Valley Medical Association (1908)
"1, ligate, amputate, cover with serous coat of bowel. 2, linen. 3, yes. 4, yes.
5, two not fatal. ... 1, ligature, amputate and then bury stump with suture. ..."
2. Railway surgery: A Handbook on the Management of Injuries by Clinton Bradford Herrick (1899)
"THE WHY TO amputate. ANY operation that has for its purpose the preservation of
life is certainly proper and justifiable, and while its performance is an ..."
3. New York Dissector: Quarterly Journal of Medicine, Surgery, Magnetism (1848)
"If bleeding still recur, do not amputate, but cut carefully down to the metacarpal
bone and finger to give mure room, and let amputation be your last ..."
4. Through Unknown African Countries: The First Expedition from Somaliland to by Arthur Donaldson Smith (1897)
"... YUSIF SEIZED KV A CROCODILE — I AM OBLIGED TO amputate HIS ARM — — OUR LAST
PLUNGE INTO THE UNKNOWN — THREE BULLYING RHINOCEROSES — CAMEL KILLED. ..."
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