stump

1. The extremity of a limb left after amputation. 2. The pedicle remaining after removal of the tumor attached to it. [M.e. stumpe]

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stump 'stəmp n

1) the basal portion of a bodily part (as a limb) remaining after the rest is removed

2) a rudimentary or vestigial bodily part

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(stump) the distal end of the limb left after amputation.