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dismemberment

 [dis-mem´ber-ment]
amputation of a limb or a portion of it.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

dismemberment

The removal of limbs from a body, an expediency used by some serial killers to more efficiently store body parts for future use, consumption, or disposal. See Jeffrey Dahmer, Mad dog.
McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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