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AMPUTATOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does amputator mean?
• AMPUTATOR (noun)
The noun AMPUTATOR has 1 sense:
1. a surgeon who removes part or all of a limb
Familiarity information: AMPUTATOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A surgeon who removes part or all of a limb
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("amputator" is a kind of...):
operating surgeon; sawbones; surgeon (a physician who specializes in surgery)
Derivation:
amputate (remove surgically)
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