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单词 amputating
释义

amputate

verb

am·​pu·​tate ˈam-pyə-ˌtāt How to pronounce amputate (audio)
amputated; amputating

transitive verb

: to remove by or as if by cutting
especially : to cut (a part, such as a limb) from the body
amputation
ˌam-pyə-ˈtā-shən How to pronounce amputate (audio)
noun

Example Sentences

His arm was badly injured and had to be amputated.
Recent Examples on the Web Two weeks after an alligator attack left him severely wounded, the director of a wildlife park in Venus, Florida, underwent surgery to amputate one of his arms below the elbow. Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 31 Aug. 2022 Four days later, doctors in California told Patel his only option would be to amputate both his legs below the knee. Shari Rudavsky, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Aug. 2022 Wolf completed a type of chemotherapy for RMS, but when that didn’t work, doctors decided to amputate her lower left leg. AZCentral.com, 21 Aug. 2022 Taking the report of pain as a sign that the tissue was still viable, a well-meaning surgeon might spare it and amputate farther down the limb, leaving a necrotic zone behind that would soon result in sepsis and death. Laura Kolbe, The New York Review of Books, 8 June 2022 When Mohammed Abu Saman, wounded by an Israeli sniper during a protest at Gaza’s border, was told that doctors must amputate his leg, his thoughts went to sports. Isra Namey, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 July 2022 But, after she was attacked by a nine foot shark last week while scalloping off the coast of Keaton Beach, surgeons at Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare have no option but to amputate her right leg. Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 5 July 2022 The teenager who survived a shark attack last week near Tallahassee, Florida, now faces an upcoming surgery to amputate one of her legs. Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 4 July 2022 Shrapnel slicing up legs so badly that there was no option but to amputate. Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Latin amputātus, past participle of amputāre "to prune back (a plant), prune away, remove by cutting (unwanted parts or features), cut off (a branch, limb, body part)," from am-, assimilated variant of amb- "about, around" + putāre "to prune, make clean or tidy, scour (wool)" — more at ambient entry 1, putative

First Known Use

1612, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

amputate

verb

am·​pu·​tate ˈam-pyə-ˌtāt How to pronounce amputate (audio)
amputated; amputating
: to cut off (part of a person's body)

Medical Definition

amputate

transitive verb

am·​pu·​tate ˈam-pyə-ˌtāt How to pronounce amputate (audio)
amputated; amputating
: to cut (as a limb) from the body

amputating

verb

present participle of amputate
as in severing
medical to remove (part of a person's body) His arm was badly injured and had to be amputated.

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • severing
  • yanking
  • tearing
  • ripping
  • pulling
  • grabbing
  • extracting
  • snatching
  • wrenching
  • jerking
  • seizing
  • dissevering
  • cutting (off)
  • forcing
  • wresting
  • nabbing
  • uprooting
  • prying
  • nipping
  • snapping (up)
  • prizing
  • lopping (off)
  • rooting (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • reattaching
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