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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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