The amount of time that a patient should not eat or drink varies by procedure and the preferences of the health care professional. In addition to not eating before surgery, a patient should also have a relatively light, healthy last meal before beginning the fast and not smoke or drink alcohol.
Definition of amputate. amputated. ; amputating. transitive verb. : to remove by or as if by cutting; especially : to cut (a part, such as a limb) from the body.
Amplification (auxesis in Greek and amplificatio in Latin) is a central term in rhetoric, naming a variety of general strategies as well as some very specific procedures or figures of speech. Amplification (auxesis) sometimes refers to arranging words or clauses in a sequence of increasing force.