| 单词 | amputate |
| 释义 | amputate —amputation, n. —amputative, adj. —amputator, n. /am"pyoo tayt'/, v.t., amputated, amputating. 1. to cut off (all or part of a limb or digit of the body), as by surgery. 2. to prune, lop off, or remove: Because of space limitations the editor amputated the last two paragraphs of the news report. 3. Obs. to prune, as branches of trees. [1630-40; < L amputatus pruned, trimmed (ptp. of amputare), equiv. to am(bi) around (cf. AMBI-) + put- trim + -atus -ATE1] |
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