amputate
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
amputate /ˈampjʊteɪt/
▶verb cut off (a limb) by surgical operation.
– derivatives
amputation noun,
amputator noun.
amputation noun,
amputator noun.
– origin C16: from L. amputat-, amputare ‘lop off’.
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