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单词 amputate
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amputatev.

/ˈæmpjuːteɪt/
Etymology: < Latin amputāt- participial stem of amputā-re to cut off or away, < am- = amb- about + putā-re to prune, lop.
1. gen. To cut or lop off, e.g. the branches of trees in pruning. Obs. exc. as a fig. use of 2.
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the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [verb (transitive)] > trees: prune or lop
sneda800
shredc1000
crop?c1225
purgec1384
parea1398
shear1398
shridea1425
dodc1440
polla1449
twist1483
top1509
stow1513
lop1519
bough?1523
head?1523
poll-shred1530
prune1547
prime1565
twig1570
reform1574
disbranch1575
shroud1577
snathe1609
detruncate1623
amputate1638
abnodate1656
duba1661
to strip up1664
reprune1666
pollard1670
shrub1682
log1699
switch1811
limb1835
preen1847
to cut back1871
shrig1873
brash1950
summer prune1980
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > detach [verb (transitive)] > cut off
becarveOE
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hewc1000
shredc1275
cuta1300
chapc1325
cleavec1330
off-shearc1330
withscore1340
to cut offc1380
colea1400
slivea1400
to score awayc1400
abscisea1500
discidea1513
sharea1529
off-trenchc1530
off-hewc1540
pare1549
detrench1553
slice?1560
detrunk1566
sneck1578
resect1579
shred1580
curtail1594
off-chop1594
lop?1602
disbranch1608
abscind1610
snip1611
circumcise1613
desecate1623
discerpa1628
amputate1638
absciss1639
prescind1640
notch1820
1638 Penit. Conf. (1657) xii. 335 'Tis not impossible for a quick and fruitful branch to be amputated and cut off.
1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Amputate, to cut off; in gardening, to lop or prune.
1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad II. 268 The Government..finding this or that damaged part of the population, and immediately amputating it for removal.
2. [Hence, by specialization, the proper term for,] To cut off a limb or other part of an animal body. Also absol.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > removal by surgical means > remove by surgical means [verb (transitive)] > cut away > amputate
ampute1623
amputate1639
1639 [implied in: Woodall in Rees Cycl. (1803) The amputating of any member in the mortified part. (at amputating n.)].
1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa i. i. 19 Members amputated and divided from the Body.
1676 R. Wiseman Severall Chirurg. Treat. vi. v, It was complained, that their surgeons were too active in amputating fractured members.
1764 T. Woolcombe Let. 25 June in Philos. Trans. 1770 (Royal Soc.) (1771) 60 97 It was not now practicable to amputate.
1809 Wellington in Gen. Disp. IV. 328 Paget..was wounded in the right arm, which was amputated.
1826 H. N. Coleridge Six Months W. Indies 275 Two..sharks who would have amputated a baby's arm as soon as looked at it.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1884; most recently modified version published online March 2011).
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