verb
- cutting off a limb or part of the body, typically by surgical operation
Usage: medical
Examples
- The surgeon is amputating the patient’s infected leg.
- Doctors considered amputating his frostbitten fingers.
- The medical team spent hours amputating the damaged limb.
- She feared they would be amputating her foot after the accident.
- The veterinarian is amputating the dog’s injured tail.
- Emergency responders found him amputating his own trapped arm.