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What is amputate verb?
What is an example of an amputated limb?
What does it mean to amputate someone's arm or leg?
What does amputation mean?
amputate (something) to cut off somebody’s arm, leg, finger or toe in a medical operation. He had to have both legs amputated. They may have to amputate. Her right arm became infected and had to be amputated.
The meaning of AMPUTATE is to remove by or as if by cutting; especially : to cut (a part, such as a limb) from the body. How to use amputate in a sentence.
verb [ T or I ] uk / ˈæm.pjə.teɪt / us / ˈæm.pjə.teɪt /. Add to word list. to cut off a part of the body: They had to amputate his foot to free him from the wreckage. In these cases there is no choice but to amputate. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Medical treatment: surgery.
A person who has lost a limb or other part of the body by amputation. Also: a person who lacks (a part of) a limb or limbs, as a result of a…. amputate, v. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary.
Use the verb amputate when you need to describe the surgical removal of a limb, such as an arm or a leg. For example, a doctor might amputate an accident victim's badly crushed arm.
To amputate someone's arm or leg means to cut all or part of it off in an operation because it is diseased or badly damaged.
to cut off a part of the body: They had to amputate his foot to free him from the wreckage. In these cases there is no choice but to amputate. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Medical treatment: surgery. ablate. ablation. adenoidectomy. adrenalectomy.
