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amputate
[ am-pyoo-teyt ]
verb (used with object)
- to cut off (all or part of a limb or digit of the body), as by surgery.
- to prune, lop off, or remove:
Because of space limitations the editor amputated the last two paragraphs of the news report.
- Obsolete. to prune, as branches of trees.
amputate
/ ˈæʊˌٱɪ /
verb
- surgery to remove (all or part of a limb, esp an arm or leg)
Derived Forms
- ˌˈٲپDz, noun
- ˈˌٲٴǰ, noun
Other yvlog Forms
- p·ٲtDz noun
- p·ٲt adjective
- p·ٲtǰ noun
- ԴDza··ٲtDz noun
- Dza··ٲtDz adjective
- self-p·ٲtDz noun
- ܲ·p·ٲe adjective
- un·p·ٲt adjective
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of amputate1
Example Sentences
Children received major operations, including after their legs, crushed when their homes were bombed, had to be amputated to save their lives — often without painkillers or antibiotics.
He was left untreated and in agony for 10 days and because of the extent of his injuries both his legs had to be amputated.
When he was ultimately hospitalized after his subsequent stays at Napoli and Capri, his pressure sores were so infected and gangrenous that doctors amputated one of his legs below the knee, according to the lawsuit.
If the leg wasn’t amputated, a doctor told him, he could die.
“I ended up having to get my leg amputated. First, they cut off a couple of toes. Then they cut off my foot. Then they said, ‘We gotta go almost knee high for another surgery.’
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