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Webster 1913 Edition

Amputation

Amˊpu-ta′tion

,

Noun.

[L.

amputatio

: cf. F.

amputation

.]

The act of amputating; esp. the operation of cutting off a limb or projecting part of the body.

Webster 1828 Edition

Amputation

AMPUTA'TION

,

Noun.

[L. amputatio.]

The act of operation of cutting off a limb or some part of the body.