ablation
noun/əˈbleɪʃn/
/əˈbleɪʃn/
[uncountable]- (medical) the use of surgery to remove body tissue
- to undergo an ablation procedure
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- (geology) the loss of material from a large mass of ice, snow or rock as a result of the action of the sun, wind or rain
Word Originlate Middle English (in the general sense ‘taking away, removal’): from late Latin ablatio(n-), from Latin ablat- ‘taken away’, from ab- ‘away’ + lat- ‘carried’ (from the verb ferre).
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