STUMP

n. Stu3mp. Fr., moignon. Ger., Ktumpf. Stummel. The part that is left after a portion of an organ has been removed by amputation or otherwise, [a, 48.1 Conical s. A troublesome condition, the result of insufficient flap, of sloughing, or of retraction of muscles, by which the bone is left after an amputation to be covered by granulation ti ue. In a s. of this sort the cicatrix po e es very little vitality and is constantly liable to ulceration. The remedy is ream put at i on. [E.] [s. 552]