Amputate

English

Etymology

From Latin amputō (“prune, cut away”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

Amputate (third-person singular simple present Amputates, present participle amputating, simple past and past participle amputated)

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

Thesaurus

abscind; annihilate; ax; ban; bar; bisect; bob; butcher; carve; chop; cleave; clip; crop; cull; cut; cut away; cut in two; cut off; cut out; dichotomize; dissever; dock; eliminate; enucleate; eradicate; except; excise; exclude; extinguish; extirpate; fissure; gash; hack; halve; hew; incise; isolate; jigsaw; knock off; lance; lop; mutilate; nip; pare; peel; pick out; prune; rend; rive; root out; rule out; saw; scissor; set apart; set aside; sever; shave; shear; slash; slice; slit; snip; split; stamp out; strike off; strip; strip off; sunder; take off; take out; tear; truncate; whittle; wipe out

Translations

To surgically remove a body part

Croatian: amputirati (hr) Dutch: afzetten (nl), amputeren (nl) Finnish: amputoida (fi) French: amputer (fr) German: amputieren (de)

Greek: ακρωτηριάζω (el) Novial: amputa Spanish: amputar (es) Swedish: amputera (sv)

Related terms

• amputation (noun)
• amputee (noun)

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Esperanto

Adverb

amputate

1. present adverbial passive participle of amputi

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Italian

Verb

amputate

1. second-person plural present indicative of amputare
2. second-person plural imperative of amputare
3. Feminine plural of amputato

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Latin

Verb

amputāte

1. first-person plural present active imperative of amputō