ABLATION | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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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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