amputate
US /ˈæm.pjə.teɪt/
UK /ˈæm.pjə.teɪt/
1.
切断する, 切る
cut off (a limb or other appendage of the body) by surgical operation
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The doctors had to amputate his leg due to the severe infection.
重度の感染症のため、医師は彼の足を切断しなければならなかった。
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He lost several fingers and had to have one hand amputated after the accident.
事故後、彼は数本の指を失い、片手を切断しなければならなかった。