Definitions for Amputate
ˈæm pyʊˌteɪtam·pu·tate

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. amputate, cut offverb

   remove surgically

   "amputate limbs"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. amputateverb

   To surgically remove a part of the body, especially a limb

2. Etymology: From amputo.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To AMPUTATEverb

   To cut off a limb: a word used only in chirurgery.

   Etymology: amputo, Lat.

   Amongst the cruizers in private frigates from Dunkirk, it was complained, that their surgeons were too active in amputating those fractured members. Richard Wiseman, Surgery.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. amputate

   Amputation is the removal of a limb by trauma, medical illness, or surgery. As a surgical measure, it is used to control pain or a disease process in the affected limb, such as malignancy or gangrene. In some cases, it is carried out on individuals as a preventive surgery for such problems. A special case is that of congenital amputation, a congenital disorder, where fetal limbs have been cut off by constrictive bands. In some countries, amputation is currently used to punish people who commit crimes. Amputation has also been used as a tactic in war and acts of terrorism; it may also occur as a war injury. In some cultures and religions, minor amputations or mutilations are considered a ritual accomplishment. When done by a person, the person executing the amputation is an amputator. The oldest evidence of this practice comes from a skeleton found buried in Liang Tebo cave, East Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo dating back to at least 31,000 years ago, where it was done when the amputee was a young child.In the US, the majority of new amputations occur due to complications of the vascular system (the blood vessels), especially from diabetes. Between 1988 and 1996, there were an average of 133,735 hospital discharges for amputation per year in the US. In 2005, just in the US, there were 1.6 million amputees. In 2013, the US had 2.1 million amputees. Approximately 185,000 amputations occur in the United States each year. In 2009, hospital costs associated with amputation totaled more than $8.3 billion. There will be an estimated 3.6 million people in the US living with limb loss by 2050.

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1. amputate

   Amputate is a medical term that refers to the procedure of removing a part of the body, such as a limb, through surgery, often due to injury, disease or infection. This may be necessary in order to save the patient's life or to improve their quality of life.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Amputateverb

   to prune or lop off, as branches or tendrils

2. Amputateverb

   to cut off (a limb or projecting part of the body)

3. Etymology: [L. amputatus, p. p. of amputare: amb- + putare to prune, putus clean, akin to E. pure. See Putative.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Amputate

   am′pūt-āt, v.t. to cut off, as a limb of an animal.—n. Amputā′tion. [L. amb, round about, putāre, to cut.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Amputate in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Amputate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Amputate in a Sentence

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   Because of (a) drinking water shortage in the southwestern coastal area in the 1960s, (residents) had to drill deep wells to get drinking water. Because of arsenic in the water, there were cases of Blackfoot disease ... (which if) severe, the only option to save a life is to amputate both legs, because of this, a lot of women lost the opportunity to walk into marriage, walk into a new life chapter on high-heeled shoes ... Because of that history, we hope to create a place in Chiayi County, where people can get married, invoking the fairy tale of Cinderella.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Amputate
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Amputate
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Amputate
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amputate
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Amputate
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Amputate