Word: Ablation
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 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)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
əˈbleɪʃn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the surgical removal of body tissue.
Short Definition:surgical removal of body tissue
Definition:
the removal of snow and ice from a glacier or iceberg by melting or evaporation.
Short Definition:removal of snow and ice from glacier or iceberg by melting or evaporation
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