to amputate
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7.2
- verb
- /ˈæmpjʊˌteɪt/
- Specialized
:
amputar
- There's no option but to amputate the right arm.
- amputate a limb
- amputate a leg
- amputate an arm
And yet many people who have amputated limbs report phantom limb pain.
- And yet many people who have amputated limbs report phantom limb pain.
- Her mother saw her, you know, her her aunt and her uncle get their limbs amputated from diabetes.
- All of his limbs became like necrotic and he had to have every single limb amputated.
- That you get problems with your feet and you have in severe cases have to you have your feet amputated.
- I've seen dog with the leg amputated, amputated leg.
- So I would have to go in and they would have to amputate that.
- But to amputate his arm, he's got to break his arm.
- But in that photo, he actually his right leg is amputated.
- His legs were so badly damaged so they amputated.
- I think I may have to amputate my left pinky finger with no context.
Examples
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We had to amputate portions of your arm, otherwise, you would have bled to death.
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She's had a toe amputated, a leg amputated, and that went on for some time until she actually passed away.
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So I would have to go in and they would have to amputate that.
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Your choices here are to amputate the foot or start with medical care.
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Now, in order to save her life, doctors had to amputate her legs below the knee and her fingers.
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We're going to have to amputate both your legs, Gil.
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A few months later her right leg was amputated at the knee.
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The next day, his right arm was amputated just below the elbow.
Academic text (2007) -
Within the hour, surgeons had amputated his left leg above the knee.
Academic text (1996) -
The doctor told me if we don't amputate her leg, she will die.
Synonyms
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4.1
To remove something by cutting it away from what it is attached to
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9.9
Remove a part of the body by surgery or a medical treatment
To remove an organ or body tissue completely by surgery
Antonyms
How Harmful
- Offensive
- Offensive
- Specialized
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7.2
- NSFW
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7.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
amputate = amput + ate
The element 'amput-' is a bound combining form and not a standalone English word, so learners cannot reliably derive the meaning from familiar English morphemes despite the recognizable suffix '-ate'.
Etymology
Amputate comes from Latin parts am- meaning 'away' and putare meaning 'to prune' or 'to trim'. Think of cutting a branch away from a tree: to amputate is to cut off a limb or other body part.