amputate

am·pu·tate

A0267700 (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.

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[Latin amputāre, amputāt-, to cut around : am-, ambi-, around; see ambi- + putāre, to cut; see pau- in Indo-European roots.]

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am′pu·ta′tion n.am′pu·ta′tor n.

amputate

(ˈæmpjʊˌteɪt) vb (Surgery) surgery to remove (all or part of a limb, esp an arm or leg)[C17: from Latin amputāre, from am- around + putāre to trim, prune] ˌampuˈtation n ˈampuˌtator n

am•pu•tate

(ˈæm pyʊˌteɪt)

v.t. -tat•ed, -tat•ing. to cut off (all or part of a limb or digit of the body), as by surgery. [1630–40; < Latin amputātus, past participle of amputāre to cut off, prune =am(bi)- ambi- + putāre to clean, prune (compare putative)] am`pu•ta′tion, n. am′pu•ta`tor, n.

amputate

- Comes from Latin ambi, "around," and putare, "to prune, trim."See also related terms for prune.

amputate

Past participle: amputated
Gerund: amputating

Imperative
amputate
amputate

Present
I amputate
you amputate
he/she/it amputates
we amputate
you amputate
they amputate

Preterite
I amputated
you amputated
he/she/it amputated
we amputated
you amputated
they amputated

Present Continuous
I am amputating
you are amputating
he/she/it is amputating
we are amputating
you are amputating
they are amputating

Present Perfect
I have amputated
you have amputated
he/she/it has amputated
we have amputated
you have amputated
they have amputated

Past Continuous
I was amputating
you were amputating
he/she/it was amputating
we were amputating
you were amputating
they were amputating

Past Perfect
I had amputated
you had amputated
he/she/it had amputated
we had amputated
you had amputated
they had amputated

Future
I will amputate
you will amputate
he/she/it will amputate
we will amputate
you will amputate
they will amputate

Future Perfect
I will have amputated
you will have amputated
he/she/it will have amputated
we will have amputated
you will have amputated
they will have amputated

Future Continuous
I will be amputating
you will be amputating
he/she/it will be amputating
we will be amputating
you will be amputating
they will be amputating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been amputating
you have been amputating
he/she/it has been amputating
we have been amputating
you have been amputating
they have been amputating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been amputating
you will have been amputating
he/she/it will have been amputating
we will have been amputating
you will have been amputating
they will have been amputating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been amputating
you had been amputating
he/she/it had been amputating
we had been amputating
you had been amputating
they had been amputating

Conditional
I would amputate
you would amputate
he/she/it would amputate
we would amputate
you would amputate
they would amputate

Past Conditional
I would have amputated
you would have amputated
he/she/it would have amputated
we would have amputated
you would have amputated
they would have amputated

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

amputate - remove surgically; "amputate limbs"cut offpractice of medicine, medicine - the 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; "he studied medicine at Harvard"remove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"slough off - separate from surrounding living tissue, as in an abortion

amputate

verb cut off, remove, separate, sever, curtail, truncate, lop off To save his life, doctors amputated his legs.

Translations

截断截肢

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). 截(肢) 截（肢） ˌampuˈtation noun 截肢 截肢