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"I had what they call a partial amputation.

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, being, or affecting only a part; not total; incomplete: The plan calls for partial deployment of missiles. The police have only a partial description of the suspect.
  2. adjective Favoring one person or side over another or others; biased or prejudiced: a decision that was partial to the plaintiff.
  3. adjective Having a particular liking or fondness for something or someone: partial to spicy food.
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  • Here's a partial -- repeat, partial -- list of notable politicians who were either caught, arrested, convicted, uncovered, investigated (etc., etc.) in 2008: —  Elliott Wave International NewsWire
  • The hair loss can be either partial, a condition often termed as alopecia arieta, or complete, leaving a bald head. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • In addition to voting on issues such as partial-birth abortion and funding of abortions, Sen. Daschle supported abortions in U.S. military medical facilities, as well as a bill in 1994 that prohibited peaceful obstruction outside abortion clinics. —  CNSNews.com Headlines
  • The abortion groups 'biggest goal, though, is to kill all these birds with one stone through passage of the Freedom of Choice Act. That bill would overturn all state and federal restrictions not only on abortion (such as the partial-birth abortion ban) but also on government funding of abortions. —  National Review Online
  • Turn it partial, and do not forget to remove the last segment of the namespace (CustomCode) —  MSDN Blogs
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  1. Middle English parcial, from Old French, from Late Latin partiālis, from Latin pars, part-, part; see part.

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  1. from Middle English parcial, from Old French partial, parcial, French partial = Spanish Portuguese parcial = Italian parziale, from Middle Latin, partialis, divisible, solitary, partial, from Latin pars (part-), part: see part.
 

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