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amputate 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/ˈampyəˌtāt/,
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amputating, present participle; amputated, past tense; amputated, past participle; amputates, 3rd person singular present;
  1. Cut off (a limb), typically by surgical operation
    • - surgeons had to amputate her left hand
    • - the wounded had to have legs or arms amputated
  1. remove surgically; "amputate limbs"
  2. (amputation) a condition of disability resulting from the loss of one or more limbs
  3. (amputation) a surgical removal of all or part of a limb
  4. Amputation is the removal of a body extremity by trauma 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 preventative surgery for such problems. ...
  5. (amputation) (am-pyoo-TAY-shun): Surgery to remove part or all of a limb or appendage.
  6. (amputation) cut off (part of the body)
  7. ("Amputation") is defined as the surgical removal of an external body part. Although surgical removal of body parts like ears and breasts can technically be called amputations.
  8. (AMPUTATION) Loss of adequacy; feeling dysfunctional or poorly equipped / Loss of whatever the limb represents
  9. (AMPUTATION) Removal of a damaged limb of the body, popular medical treatment during the Civil War
  10. (Amputation (Root)) Surgical removal of the root portion of the tooth. It is usually performed on a multi-rooted tooth to eliminate a root that cannot be treated.
  11. (Amputation) A surgical operation used to remove an arm, leg, or other extremity. It was the most common operation in the Civil War.
  12. (Amputation) To dream of having something personally amputated (or to dream of someone else being amputated) is symbolic of loss. The same is true if you dream of losing a tooth or loosing your hair.  You have probably recently lost something or someone who meant a lot to you. ...
  13. (amputation) The permanent loss of a normal body structure, resulting from accident, surgical intervention due to irreparable injury or disease, or as religious ritual or medical routine. Circumcision involves the surgical amputation of the foreskin of the penis.
  14. (amputation) removal of part or all of a body part, except for organs in the body. It usually takes place during surgery in a hospital operating room. ...
  15. (amputation) to remove by or as if by cutting; especially : to cut (as a limb) from the body   Young at Heart 1X15   Leonard Betts 4X14
  16. Ordinary amputation of limbs, denotes small offices lost, the loss of entire legs or arms, unusual depression in trade. To seamen, storm and loss of property. Afflicted persons should be warned to watchfulness after this dream.