ablation
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ablation
- /əˈbleɪ.ʃn̩/
- /æbˈleɪ.ʃn̩/
Rhymes with -eɪʃən
Where it comes from
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.
noun ablations
- 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 removal of a component of an AI system.
- 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. “We’re just seeing enormous ablation, ice melt rates and snow melt rates all over the Alps,” Glamos network chief Matthias Huss told AFP on Friday, as multiple Swiss weather stations registered new all-time records.
- The depletion of surface snow and ice from a spacecraft or meteorite through melting and evaporation caused by aerodynamic heating.
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noun surgical removal
| Español | ablación |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 切除 qiēchú, 摘除 zhāichú |
| Português | ablação |
| Français | ablation |
| Deutsch | Ablation |
| Italiano | ablazione |
| Română | ablațiune |
| Русский | ампута́ция amputácija |
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