ablation
nounEtymology
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.
- inherited from ablacioun
Definitions
A carrying or taking away
A carrying or taking away; removal.
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.
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
Derived
ablational, ablation study, ablative, aquablation, atheroablation, chemoablation, cryoablation, cycloablation, cytoablation, electroablation, hemiablation, immunoablation, locoablation, lymphoablation, myeloablation, periablation, photoablation, postablation, preablation, radioablation, reablation, rotablation, thermoablation
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