Definition of Amputating

1. Verb. (present participle of amputate) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Amputating

1. amputate [v] - See also: amputate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Amputating

ampullar pregnancy
ampullary
ampullary aneurysm
ampullary crest
ampullary crura of semicircular ducts
ampullary folds of uterine tube
ampullary limbs of semicircular ducts
ampullary sulcus
ampulliform
ampullitis
ampullula
ampuls
amputate
amputated
amputates
amputating (current term)
amputating ulcer
amputation
amputation by transfixion
amputation knife
amputation neuroma
amputation stumps
amputations
amputator
amputators
amputee
amputees
ampyrone
ampyx
amreeta

Literary usage of Amputating

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A System of Surgery by Benjamin Bell (1801)
"Of amputating the Arm. THE general ... have made upon the method of amputating the thigh and leg, apply equally to the amputation of the arm and fore-arm. ..."

2. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1901)
"First step in amputating anterior extremity of middle ... Second step in amputating, with suare, anterior end of middle ..."

3. A Text-book of operative surgery: Covering the Surgical Anatomy and by Warren Stone Bickham (1904)
"FLAP METHODS OF amputating. (a) Single Flap of Skin and Muscles;—(b) Single Flap ... A method of amputating whereby the stump i< covered with a single flap ..."

4. Charles Darwin's Works by Charles Darwin (1896)
"... of amputating the tips of the radicles—Regeneration of the ... action and their subsequent amputation — Effects of amputating the tips ..."

5. The Power of Movement in Plants by Charles Darwin, Francis Darwin (1900)
"General considerations—Vicia faba, effects of amputating the tips of the radicles—.Regeneration of the tips—Effects of a short exposure of the tips to ..."

6. The British and Foreign Medical Review Or Quarterly Journal of Practical (1840)
"New Plan for amputating through the Tarsus. ... With a small amputating knife I make a first transverse incision, beginning a few lines in front of the ..."

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