截さい断だん

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

cutting; severance; amputation

Rare, formal term for cutting or severing something, often used in technical or medical contexts. In modern Japanese, 切断 is the standard word.

See also: 切断 (せつだん)

• 截さい断だんは切せつ断だんの古ふるい言いい方かたで、現げん代だいではほとんど使つかわれない。

  截断 is an old way of saying 切断, and is hardly used today.

• 医い学がく書しょで「神しん経けい截さい断だん」という表ひょう現げんを見みかけることがある。

  You may see the expression 神経截断 in medical texts.