Meaning of ABLATION
| Pronunciation: | | ab'leyshun
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- [n] surgical removal of a body part or tissue
- [n] the erosive process that reduces the size of glaciers
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| | Synonyms: | | cutting out, excision, extirpation |
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| | See Also: | | adenoidectomy, adrenalectomy, appendectomy, appendicectomy, cholecystectomy, eating away, embolectomy, ennervation, eroding, erosion, hypophysectomy, hysterectomy, laminectomy, laryngectomy, lithotomy, lobectomy, lumpectomy, mastectomy, mastoidectomy, meniscectomy, nephrectomy, neurectomy, oophorectomy, oophorosalpingectomy, operation, ophthalmectomy, orchidectomy, orchiectomy, ovariectomy, pancreatectomy, pneumonectomy, prostatectomy, salpingectomy, sigmoidectomy, splenectomy, stapedectomy, suprarenalectomy, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process, sympathectomy, thrombectomy, thyroidectomy, tonsillectomy, vasectomy, vulvectomy, wearing, wearing away | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ab*la"tion\, n. [L. ablatio, fr. ablatus p. p. of
auferre to carry away; ab + latus, p. p. of ferre carry: cf.
F. ablation. See {Tolerate}.]
1. A carrying or taking away; removal. --Jer. Taylor.
2. (Med.) Extirpation. --Dunglison.
3. (Geol.) Wearing away; superficial waste. --Tyndall.
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| | Definition: | | elimination or removal. |
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| | Related Terms: | | abrasion, abrasive, absorption, abstraction, assimilation, atomization, attrition, breakup, buffing, burning up, burnishing, chafe, chafing, consumption, corrosion, crumbling, decay, decomposition, decrease, decrement, deduction, degradation, deliquescence, depletion, depreciation, detrition, digestion, dilapidation, disintegration, disjunction, disorganization, dissipation, dissolution, drain, dressing, eating up, erasure, erosion, evaporation, exhaustion, expending, expenditure, filing, finishing, fretting, galling, grazing, grinding, impoverishment, incoherence, ingestion, leakage, limation, loss, polishing, purification, rasping, ravages of time, refinement, removal, resolution, rubbing away, sandblasting, sanding, scouring, scrape, scraping, scratch, scratching, scrub, scrubbing, scuff, shining, shrinkage, smoothing, spending, squandering, subduction, sublation, subtraction, taking away, use, using, using up, wastage, waste, wastefulness, wasting away, wear, wear and tear, wearing, wearing away, wearing down, weathering |
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