Medical Dictionary
1cut
verb \ˈkət\
cutcut·ting
Medical Definition of CUT
transitive verb
1
a : to penetrate with or as if with an edged instrument b : to cut or operate on in surgery: as (1) : to subject (a domestic animal) to castration (2) : to perform lithotomy on c : to experience the emergence of (a tooth) through the gum
2
: to subject to trimming or paring <cut one's nails>
intransitive verb
1
: to function as or in the manner of an edged tool <a knife that cuts well>
2
: to cut in surgery : operate
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