Definition of ABLATION

ablation

Meanings

Plural: ablations

Noun

  • surgical removal of a body part or tissue
  • the erosive process that reduces the size of glaciers
  • A carrying or taking away; removal.
  • The surgical removal of a body part, an organ, or especially a tumor; the removal of an organ function; amputation.
  • The progressive removal of material by any of a variety of processes such as melting or vaporization under heat or chipping.
  • The removal of a glacier by melting and evaporation; the lowering of a land surface by any of several means, as in wind erosion or mass wasting.
  • The progressive removal of material by any of a variety of processes such as melting or vaporization under heat or chipping.
  • The depletion of surface snow and ice from a spacecraft or meteorite through melting and evaporation caused by aerodynamic heating.

Origin / Etymology

From Late Middle English ablacioun (“removal”), from Late Latin ablātiō (“a taking away”), from auferō (“to take away, carry off, withdraw, remove”) + -tiō (“-tion”, nominal suffix). Doublet of ablatio. Compare French ablation. By surface analysis, ablat(e) + -ion.

Synonyms

cutting out, excision, extirpation

Scrabble Score: 10

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Words With Friends Score: 13

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