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Definition of Mutilations
1. mutilation [n] - See also: mutilation
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mutilations
Literary usage of Mutilations
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anomalies and curiosities of medicine by George Milbry Gould, Walter Lytle Pyle (1901)
"mutilations in somewhat graver forms, hut still in moderation, ... What might be
called mixed or compound mutilations are practised by the New /ea- landers, ..."
2. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1885)
"Facial mutilations, such as the introduction of a foreign substance into the
lips, the nose, ... Cephalic mutilations, enhancing deformities and trephining; ..."
3. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1885)
"Facial mutilations) such as the introduction of a foreign substance into the
lips, the nose, ... mutilations of the trunk and members, such as amputation ..."
4. China of the Chinese by Edward Theodore Chalmers Werner (1920)
"The bodily mutilations found in China are the following :—• flattening the skulls of
... Further mutilations, such as cutting flesh from the arms or thighs, ..."
5. Conspicuous Destruction: War, Famine, and the Reform Process in Mozambique by Human Rights Watch (Organization)., Human Rights Watch (Organization (1992)
"2 mutilations BY RENAMO Reports of mutilations of civilians by RENAMO have been
routine since the rebels began operating in Mozambique in the mid-1970s. ..."
6. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1897)
"mutilations of the Oregon Redfish.—The sores, frayed-out fins, and other mutilations
which have been noticed upon the Chinook salmon and redfish by every ..."
7. Principles of Breeding: A Treatise on Thremmatology Or the Principles and by Eugene Davenport, Henry Lewis Rietz (1907)
"A few semi-traditional stories like this are made the foundation for believing
in the transmission of mutilations, the facts being forgotten that for ..."
8. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1890)
"ARE mutilations INHERITED? The Lancet, in a recent issue, discusses this ...
It must be conceded that, in the higher mammals at least, mutilations are ..."
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