amputating
Meaning
of Amputate
Source: Webster's dictionaryExamples
Genital modification and mutilation may involve amputating tissue, although not necessarily as a result of injury or disease.
The amputating of McBurney’s leg is the central event of the story, and in the 1971 version it was a grisly act of symbolic castration.
The infection incapacitated her for several weeks, and nearly resulted in doctors amputating her hand.
"Treatment" involves amputating parts of your mind or body and rebuilding them so your work will improve.