amputation
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amputation
cutting off, especially of a body part: After the amputation of his leg he was fitted for a prosthesis.
Not to be confused with:
imputation – an accusation; an attribution, as of fault: His imputation was completely off base.
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am·pu·tate
(ăm′pyo͝o-tāt′)tr.v. am·pu·tat·ed, am·pu·tat·ing, am·pu·tates
To cut off (a projecting body part), especially by surgery.
[Latin amputāre, amputāt-, to cut around : am-, ambi-, around; see ambi- + putāre, to cut; see pau- in Indo-European roots.]
am′pu·ta′tion n.
am′pu·ta′tor n.
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amputation
Surgery to remove a limb.
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| Noun | 1. |  amputation - a condition of disability resulting from the loss of one or more limbsdisability, disablement, handicap, impairment - the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness; "reading disability"; "hearing impairment" |
| 2. |  amputation - a surgical removal of all or part of a limbsurgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process, surgery, operation - a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery" |
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Translations
بَـتْـر
amputace
amputation
amputaatio
amputacija
amputálás
aflimun
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amputation
n → Amputation f
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amputate
(ˈӕmpjuteit) verb (of a surgeon etc) to cut off (an arm or leg etc). They are going to have to amputate (his left leg).
ˌampuˈtation nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
am·pu·ta·tion
n. amputación, desmembración.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
amputation
n amputación f; above-the-knee — amputación por encima de la rodilla; below-the-knee— amputación por debajo de la rodillaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.