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Stage 1 of 2
amputare
Latin · ancient
"to cut around, to prune"
to cut around, to prune, from am- (around) and putare (to trim)
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Stage 2 of 2
amputate
English · 1630s
"to surgically remove a limb or part of the body"
settled as the medical word for surgically removing a limb
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