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A cutting out or away.

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  1. v. t. A cutting out or away.
  2. v. t. The removal by operation of a portion of a limb; particularly, the removal of a portion of a bone in the vicinity of a joint; the act or process of cutting out.
  3. 1. A cutting out or away. E. Darwin. 2. (Surg.) The removal by operation of a portion of a limb; particularly, the removal of a portion of a bone in the vicinity of a joint; the act or process of cutting out.
  4. The removal by operation of a portion of a limb; particularly,the removal of a portion of a bone in the vicinity of a joint; theact or process of cutting out.
  5. v. t. A cutting out or away. v. t. The removal by operation of a portion of a limb; particularly, the removal of a portion of a bone in the vicinity of a joint; the act or process of cutting out.