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AMPUTATOR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A surgeon who removes part or all of a limb
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("amputator" is a kind of...):
operating surgeon; sawbones; surgeon (a physician who specializes in surgery)
Derivation:
amputate (remove surgically)