About The Word Amputate
Learn about the word Amputate to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Amputate definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Amputate
| Amputate Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Amputate?
[v] remove surgically; of limbs
Synonyms | Synonyms for Amputate: cut off Related Terms | Find terms related to Amputate: 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 See Also | cut | remove | take | take away | withdraw Amputate In Webster's Dictionary \Am"pu*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Amputated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Amputating}.] [L. amputatus, p. p. of amputare: amb-
+ putare to prune, putus clean, akin to E. pure. See
{Putative}.]
1. To prune or lop off, as branches or tendrils.
2. (Surg.) To cut off (a limb or projecting part of the
body). --Wiseman.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Tijuana ‐ a Mexican City just south of San Diego on the Lower California…
- Mercury ‐ temperature measured by a mercury thermometer; "the mercury was…
- Reticule ‐ a network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the focal…
- Western prince's pine ‐ Eurasian herb with white or pinkish flowers in a…
- Mesohippus ‐ North American 3-toed Oligocene animal; probably not directly…
- Neuralgy ‐ acute spasmodic pain along the course of one or…
- Tepee ‐ a native American tent; usually of…
- Fling ‐ the act of flinging [n] a brief indulgence of your impulses [n]…
- Family cryptocercidae ‐ a family of…
- Papillon ‐ small slender toy spaniel with erect ears and a black-spotted…