amputate
/ˈæmpjuteɪt/verb
उच्चारण ऐम्प्युटेट
(अंग) काटना, विच्छेदन करना
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to cut off somebody's arm, leg, finger in a medical operation
(अंग) काटना, विच्छेदन करना
- Doctors had to amputate his leg.
- The surgeon had to amputate the injured foot to save the patient's life.
- The surgeon decided not to amputate the finger after all.
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- Doctors may have to amputate if the infection spreads.
- He had to amputate part of his foot after the accident.
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am·pu·tate
?Which word?
Keep the remove words together: amputate (cut off a limb), excise (cut out a part of the body, formal; also remove part of a text), sever (cut off), extract (pull out, like a tooth).
हटाने के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: amputate (अंग काटना), excise (शरीर का भाग काटकर निकालना, औपचारिक; पाठ का भाग हटाना भी), sever (काट देना), extract (बाहर निकालना, दाँत की तरह)।
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The medical removal of a limb is amputation; a person who has had a limb amputated an amputee; an artificial limb a prosthesis.
अंग को चिकित्सीय रूप से काटना amputation; जिसका अंग काटा गया हो amputee; कृत्रिम अंग prosthesis।