Usually means: Destroying spinal cord to immobilize.
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General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. pithing: Merriam-Webster
  2. pithing: Collins English Dictionary
  3. pithing: Vocabulary.com
  4. pithing: Wiktionary
  5. pithing: Dictionary.com
  6. Pithing: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. pithing: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. pithing: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pithing: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. pithing: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. pithing: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wikipedia (Pithing)

noun:  Pithing is a technique used to immobilize or kill an animal by inserting a needle or metal rod into its brain.


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