amputo

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) amputation
 * 2) * Jurij Finkel (translator), Mi responsas pri ĉio (Я отвечаю за всё) by Yuri German, Chapter 10,
 * Por ke vivu la tuta organismo, necesas ĝustatempe amputo.
 * In order to save the whole body (lit. for the whole organism to live), an amputation must be performed in a timely manner.

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Verb

 * 1) to prune, cut off, lop off
 * 2) to curtail, shorten
 * 1) to curtail, shorten