ablation

noun
/əˈbleɪ.ʃn̩/

Etymology

Etymology tree Late Latin ablātiōder. Middle English albacioun English ablation 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.

  1. derived from ablātiō — “a taking away
  2. inherited from ablacioun

Definitions

  1. A carrying or taking away

    A carrying or taking away; removal.

  2. The surgical removal of a body part, an organ, or especially a tumor

    The surgical removal of a body part, an organ, or especially a tumor; the removal of an organ function; amputation.

  3. The progressive removal of material by any of a variety of processes such as melting or…

    The progressive removal of material by any of a variety of processes such as melting or vaporization under heat or chipping.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for ablation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA