HyperDic: amputate

English > 1 sense of the word amputate:
VERBcontactamputate, cut offremove surgically
amputate > pronunciation
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Rhymesabate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt...
English > amputate: 1 sense > verb 1, contact
MeaningRemove surgically.
PatternSomebody ----s something
ModelDid he amputate his foot?
Example"amputate limbs"
Synonymcut off
Categorymedicine, practice of medicineThe learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries
Entailscutseparate with or as if with an instrument
Narrowerslough offSeparate from surrounding living tissue, as in an abortion
Broaderremove, take, take away, withdrawRemove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
Spanishamputar
Catalanamputar
Nounsamputationa surgical removal of all or part of a limb
amputationa condition of disability resulting from the loss of one or more limbs
amputatora surgeon who removes part or all of a limb

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