amputeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

ampute (third-person singular simple present amputes, present participle amputing, simple past and past participle amputed)

1. (transitive, archaic, rare) To amputate (a limb).
   • 1844, W[illiam] D[allas] Bernard, Narrative of the Voyages and Services of the Nemesis, from 1840 to 1843; […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, page 296:

     Besides the loss already mentioned, the 49th had three officers and four men wounded. Some of our officers were wounded severely, Lieutenant Lane having had his arm amputed upon the field.

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