MUTILATION

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1894 · p. 2

n. Mu2t-l2l-a's hu3n. Lat., mutilatio (from mutilare, to mutilate). Fr., m. Ger., M., Verstiimmelung. The act of maiming or disfiguring: specifically, the unnece ary removal or section of an important part or organ, [o, 48.] [s. 51]