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

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  1. n. The act of amputating; esp. the operation of cutting off a limb or projecting part of the body.
  2. n. a condition of disability resulting from the loss of one or more limbs
  3. n. a surgical removal of all or part of a limb
  4. The act amputating; esp. the operation of cutting of a limb or projecting part of the body.
  5. The act amputating; esp. the operation of cutting of a limb orprojecting part of the body.
  6. n:100 n. a condition of disability resulting from the loss of one or more limbs n. a surgical removal of all or part of a limb