amputator

English

Etymology

amputate +‎ -or

Noun

amputator (plural amputators)

1. The person who performs, or thing that causes, an amputation.

Translations

person who performs, or thing that causes, an amputation

• Portuguese: amputador (pt) m

Latin

Verb

amputātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of amputō

References

• amputator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)