Medical Dictionary

mutilate

vt mu·ti·late \ˈmyüt-əl-ˌāt\
mu·ti·lat·edmu·ti·lat·ing

Medical Definition of MUTILATE

:  to cut off or permanently destroy a limb or essential part of <mutilate a body>; also :  castrate 1

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