mutilation (redirected from mutilated)

mutilation /mu·ti·la·tion/ (mu?ti-la´shun) the act of depriving an individual of a limb, member, or other important part. Also, the condition resulting therefrom.

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mu·ti·la·tion (mytl-shn)

n.

Disfigurement or injury by removal or destruction of a conspicuous or essential part of the body.

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muti·late v.

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mutilation

the cutting off or otherwise depriving an animal of a limb or other essential part. Farming procedures, classified as mutilations by animal welfare organizations, include tail-docking of cows and horses, ear-cropping in dogs, mulesing of sheep, debarking of dogs, debeaking of birds.

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acral mutilation syndrome

see hereditary sensory neuropathy.