ablation
The surgical removal of a body part, an organ, or especially a tumorThe surgical removal of a body part, an organ, or especially a tumor; the removal of an organ function; amputation.
» The procedure is called catheter ablation because it burns off a small amount of heart muscle.
Meaning
5 senses(countable, uncountable)The surgical removal of a body part, an organ, or especially a tumor; the removal of an organ function; amputation.
surgical removal of a body part or tissue
The surgical removal of a body part, an organ, or especially a tumor; the removal of an organ function; amputation.
(countable, uncountable)The removal of a component of an AI system.
The progressive removal of material by any of a variety of processes such as melting or vaporization under heat or chipping.
(countable, uncountable)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.
Ablation
абля́цияabljácija
(countable, uncountable)The depletion of surface snow and ice from a spacecraft or meteorite through melting and evaporation caused by aerodynamic heating.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A carrying or taking away; removal.
Examples
1 sentencesThe procedure is called catheter ablation because it burns off a small amount of heart muscle.
Translations
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Origin
From Late Middle English ablacioun (“removal”), from Late Latin ablātiō (“a taking away”),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.
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Forms
plural: ablationsSynonyms
3 synonyms- surgical removal of a body part or tissue:extirpationcutting outexcision
Word family
25 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable