amputationcutting off, especially of a body part: After the amputation of his leg he was fitted for a prosthesis.Not to be confused with:imputation ? an accusation; an attribution, as of fault: His imputation was completely off base.Abused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree Copyright © 2007, 2013 by Mary Embreeam·pu·tate (?m?pyo?o-t?t?)tr.v. am·pu·tat·ed, am·pu·tat·ing, am·pu·tates To cut off (a projecting body part), especially by surgery.[Latin amput?re, amput?t-, to cut around : am-, ambi-, around; see ambi- + put?re, to cut; see pau- in Indo-European roots.]am?pu·ta?tion n.am?pu·ta?tor n.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.amputationSurgery to remove a limb.Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited