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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AMPUTA'TION, n. [L. amputatio.]
The act of operation of cutting off a limb or some part of the body.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a condition of disability resulting from the loss of one or more limbs
2: a surgical removal of all or part of a limb

Merriam Webster's

noun see amputate

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Amputation Am`pu*ta"tion, n. [L. amputatio: cf. F. amputation.] The act of amputating; esp. the operation of cutting off a limb or projecting part of the body.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see amputate

Moby Thesaurus

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