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The severe injury or removal of a part of the body, often leaving lasting harm.
means The act of cutting, damaging, or removing a part of something so severely that it's left incomplete or disfigured.
from From Latin mutilare, 'to cut off, maim,' from mutilus, meaning 'maimed' or 'cropped' — a root that likely referred originally to docked or hornless animals before it widened to cover any forcible lopping-off of a part, bodily or otherwise.
- legal term
- triggers tougher charges than simple assault
- self vs harm
- self-mutilation often coping, not suicide attempt
- etymology
- latin mutilus meant maimed or stunted
- body ritual
- many cultures call their mutilation beautification instead