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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Amputation

/ămˌ-pyət-āsh'-ən/ · Am·pu·ta·tion · IPA /ˌæmpjʊˈteɪʃən/
01 n. The act of amputating; esp. the operation of cutting off a limb or projecting part of the body.
  1. 1.
    The act of amputating; esp. the operation of cutting off a limb or projecting part of the body.